The opaque purple-colored 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon offers a spectacular, exotic bouquet of Peking duck skins, blackberry and cassis liqueur, roasted herbs, and burning charcoal. It is phenomenally intense, with record levels of dry extract and glycerin. This hedonistic blockbuster is crammed with jammy fruits nicely buttressed and framed by adequate acidity and tannin. Drink this marvelous Cabernet Sauvignon now or cellar it for two decades. This is mind-boggling stuff! - WA, RP (12/1998)
Beautiful, perfumed aromas, tremendous depth, concentration, complexity and finesse, with layers of currant, cherry and berry flavors enlivened by coffee and cedary oak. Has earned that one missing point from last year's 99-point rating.--Bryant Family vertical. Drink now through 2016. –JL WS
Saturated dark ruby. Extravagant, exotic aromas of crystallized dark berries, kirsch, violet, minerals, toffee and sexy, smoky oak; complex and compelling. Impossibly intense and concentrated in the mouth, but harmonious from the outset. Utterly explosive wine. Noble tannins spread over the entire palate.- Stephen Tanzer (5/1999)
Producer: Bryant Family Vineyard
Vintage: 1996
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Country: USA
Region: CA - North Coast (Napa,Sonoma)
Sub-Region: Napa
Appellation: Napa Valley
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