1/6/24: This is growing on me. Six months back (6/30/23) I had it at 91. It is decidedly better on the 2nd day out of the bottle. Nice blend of acidity, tannins, and fruit.
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PnP, followed for an hour. Presumed to be from Bryant Family.
Nose was absolutely lovely. Think mixed berry pie with a strong blue fruit component. Probably some vanilla and mocha-type contribution from oak as well. The palate is where this shined. Plenty of blue fruit with great structural support from tannins, and some balanced acid as well. The fruit of the palate was jam-like but not jammy in character. Finish showed good tannic tension, acidic grip, and blue compote fruit. There is RS in the wine but it is not offensive in any way.
Drinking well and cracked open based on my prior notes. The fruit has started to integrate with itself more, but it clearly is a young wine. For the NDA price from WineAccess this is a steal of a Napa Cab. Really liked this.
Drink now with a good decant but this can go for another 5-10 years easily.
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4/30/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 88 Points
This was showing pretty hot on this particular night. Not paying close attention, but perhaps it was served too warm. Just OK on this occasion.
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9/11/2023 - vitroman Likes this wine: 90 Points
This is going to be good, but needs more time in the cellar.
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6/30/2023 - MK9786 Likes this wine: 93 Points
1/6/24: This is growing on me. Six months back (6/30/23) I had it at 91. It is decidedly better on the 2nd day out of the bottle. Nice blend of acidity, tannins, and fruit.
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12/4/2022 - Rbhan12 wrote:
Good on day 1, then 3/4ths bottle into fridge overnight. Day 2 it was way more jammy with noticeable RS and not much structure.
Good wine for day 1 but not meant to cellar.
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9/8/2022 - Rbhan12 Likes this wine: 93 Points
PnP, followed for an hour. Presumed to be from Bryant Family.
Nose was absolutely lovely. Think mixed berry pie with a strong blue fruit component. Probably some vanilla and mocha-type contribution from oak as well. The palate is where this shined. Plenty of blue fruit with great structural support from tannins, and some balanced acid as well. The fruit of the palate was jam-like but not jammy in character. Finish showed good tannic tension, acidic grip, and blue compote fruit. There is RS in the wine but it is not offensive in any way.
Drinking well and cracked open based on my prior notes. The fruit has started to integrate with itself more, but it clearly is a young wine. For the NDA price from WineAccess this is a steal of a Napa Cab. Really liked this.
Drink now with a good decant but this can go for another 5-10 years easily.
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