Bryant Family Vineyard Cabernet - 2001 (750ml) Santa Barbara County gracious feel

gracious feel

but less richness and intensity than I noted seven years ago

cloves and violets seem to jump from the glass

Bottled in July

and guests always go ga-ga over these rarities

Bryant Family Vineyard Cabernet - 2001 (750ml) Santa Barbara County gracious feelUndeniably ripe and fleshy, with a pretty scent of cedary oak leading to a supple core of currant and red cherry flavors that are fine and persistent on the finish. Needs time to shed its fine grained tannins. The flavors are long and persistent on the finish, though it shows simpler than it did from barrel. Drink now through 2012. 1,000 cases made. JL Wine Spectator 91 points