1994 Bryant Family Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (60) Avg Score: 95.2 points

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  4/8/2024 - PANYC Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Wow was this a complete wine, just so perfectly balanced with a finish that keeps going. Very much a perfect example of Napa cab.

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  3/24/2024 - SpenceP wrote: 97 Points

  This was fabulous in the nose from the moment the bottle was opened, but it needed an hour and a quarter in the glass to wake up in the mouth, so if you'll be tasting one of these, I'd suggest a decant of an hour and a quarter before you're planning to drink it. Once it did wake up--WOW! Rich and creamy, with plums, cantaloupe, caramel, flowers, nuts, licorice, tobacco, cherries, bubble gum, candied lemon peel, and a faint touch of pine needles, all followed by a huge and endless aftertaste. This is a stunning wine! [Tasted over a long evening from the Jancis Robinson glass.]

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  9/14/2023 - galewskj wrote: 97 Points

  Guys night - a bottle with a story (Jason's house): Decanted 4+ hours, drank a good-sized glass over 2 hours. Rich, round, very smooth, spicy pepper, blackberry, blueberry, currant, savory dill, earthy, kind of a blueberry pie without being so sweet.

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  9/14/2023 - I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Guys Night - Wines with a story behind it! (Jason's House): Decanted at 5:00; served at 9:30.
  
  This wine rocked tonight! I think Napa wines from the 1994 vintage are drinking remarkably well right now! This is certainly no exception! I can't imagine it improving, but I also don't see it on a downward trajectory for quite a few more years.
  
  Nose showed plenty of earth, perfumed purple flowers, some cigar box and some fine dust. Palate showed a nice balance of tertiary flavors and dark fruit, i.e., blackberry and black currant, with earth, tobacco, baking spice and toasted oak. The palate also showed shades of coffee and dark chocolate. The balance is remarkable between the fruit, tannins and acids, all in perfect harmony. Definitely a kick--ass wine! 96+ for me (my benchmark is 98).
  
  Groups WOTN, my #2 (by a hair)

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  2/4/2023 - ash_then_chase Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Salinity, spice, fruit… Bryant! Brute force, beast of a wine. Hint of my favorite sour cherry Warhead note. @ Napa Boys Trip

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