Community Tasting Notes 33

• jlgnml Likes this wine: 97 points

  February 5, 2024 - Drank from a Coravin and finished one month later. Wow. Beautifully mature. Still dark color, bright fruit and a bit chewy n the palate. Tour de force. Drink to enjoy.

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• G_H wrote: 96 points

  March 29, 2023 - A hallmark vintage of that beautiful ‘90s streak. Still very young. Black berries, cassis, honey, dried herbs, dense and long yet still maintaining that elegance. An absolute favorite of mine.

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• Ruby99 Likes this wine: 95 points

  February 10, 2023 - No decant
  Dark color with no signs of ageing
  A big rich nose of plum, blueberry pie, cinnamon and a hint of menthol
  The wine is still a huge bruiser with ample tannin, but after a bit of air the rich dark fruit just takes over and it is simply delicious. The mouthfeel is supple and round and the finish is exceptionally long.
  Consistent with and perhaps a hair better than our bottle last year

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• Cristal2000 Likes this wine: 95 points

  May 14, 2022 - This is really holding up well at age 26. Less fruit than the 97, but more structure, tannin and acidity. Depending on your palate, this is either at or just past its prime drinking window, but certainly still going strong.
  
  Drank next to an 02 Masseto and 90 Latour, which was interesting. It held its own. At full development, with some lingering focused red fruit, it is mostly defined by tertiary notes of forest floor, tobacco, hints of leather, herbs, cured meat and baking spices. Tannins are fully integrated, but still present and suggest this still has quite a while to go on the aging spectrum. Lovely, fresh and persistent, this shines as it heads to the finish. Special wine.

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• Ruby99 Likes this wine: 94 points

  February 14, 2022 - 30 minute decant
  Just starting to show brick at the edge
  Brooding dark fruit nose with a distinct mint or eucalyptus note
  On the palate it is a big wine - but supple with no hard edges - that doubles down on the blackberry and plum that linger with a long eucalyptus tinged finish.
  It has a richness that almost make it a meal itself
  A really beautiful wine
  dropped from 95 to 94 as after 2-3 hours the finish developed a slightly astringent note

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1996
• Type Red
• Producer Bryant Family Vineyard
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• Pending Delivery 6 (1%)
• In Cellars 559 (59%)
• Consumed 377 (40%)

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