2011 Bryant Family Vineyard Bettina

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  2/27/2023 - mdvillaverde wrote: 92 Points

  Interesting opening profile but not that special after a few swigs

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  8/29/2022 - wineholder wrote:

  Not quite sure about this vintage love the wine in general.
  I will need to revisit this one

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  6/25/2022 - Mortgage92 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This was my last bottle both sorry and happy. Happy because I drank it NOW! The flavors (fruit) were still hanging in there, but in (my opinion) 2-3 more years, this wine will be past the peak. Palate was a smooth body, light tannins and very mild acidity. We drank with grilled rib-eye (prime meat) and it stood in there, but barely. Shame on me for waiting (sometimes it is just hard to pull that last bottle of excellent wine - so learn from this lesson).

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  12/30/2021 - Rbtrage wrote: 94 Points

  At Marea.

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  6/2/2021 - msuwine wrote: 90 Points

  The 2011 vintage is a lot like San Francisco traffic: you have to experience it every once in a while, just to remember how frustrating, even maddening, it really is. And how, so you ask, is 2011 that bad? Good question. I see two things, both of which are present in this wine: (1) A shallowness. Yeah, it's ripe, but it's only surface-deep, with none of supporting mid-palate or finish that make a wine balanced. (2) A burnt flavor. I'm not talking smoke taint, but 2011s have a woodsy, burnt toast quality that comes from too much oak, not enough fruit, or something.
  
  Garnet in color and full in body, the wine offers aromas of blackberry, camphor, graphite, and menthol. Flavors of boysenberry (seeds and all), wet espresso, and tobacco, with a grainy and dry finish that feels heavy in the mouth. Blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 3% Petit Verdot. 15% alcohol. Decant two hours, if not more. Made by Helen Keplinger, who was at Bryant from 2010 to 2012. I've tasted most of the Bettinas, and this is by far the most disappointing. Maybe wait a few years, since this ain't worth opening (or buying) now.

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