2016 Brion Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Ranch Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 97.7 points

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  3/17/2024 - Cablover1982 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Part of blind tasting of 3 bottles with myself, @Ian Leath @Shine J., and two of the lovely ladies.
  The VHR ‘19 was bottle #1, bottle #2 was Brion Oakville ‘16, Bottle #3 was Memento Mori VHR ‘19
  
  This finished #1 for 3 outta 5 people (it was my 2nd). Surprisingly this showed youth, great density but so balanced and lively. Rich fruits, dust, rock, tobacco, florals and melted chocolate. Great finish.

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  1/19/2024 - Cablover1982 Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Drank this ‘16 Oakville Ranch beauty on a cold, snowy evening. Dark, dark ruby color, about 2 hour decant and sipped in 5 hours. A huge, mesmerizing nose of fresh cut flowers, ripe black cherries, blackberries, plum skins, melange of barrel spices and wet stones.
  Bold, full-bodied palate adds some milk chocolate, graphite, with mint notes developing with time, gun flint, more sumptuous spices, and sweet tobacco.
  Ripe tannins, good acid structure on a long finish. One of our favorite bottles we ever had. Cheers!!

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  9/10/2023 - BigRy Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Tasted this on just a regular Thursday night and if you like big dark fruit with a long smooth finish, this is about as good as it gets. Could definitely drink this every night. One of the best wines I’ve tasted.

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