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While similar in composition (69% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Petit Verdot and 11% Cabernet Franc) to the 2022 version—a blend of Pritchard Hill, Madrona and Las Posadas fruit—the 2021 DB4 Red Wine Blend is less alcoholic and more refined, marrying cherries and redcurrants with slight leafy notes. It's medium- to full-bodied, streamlined and silky, showing excellent balance and shape on the palate, then finishing long, framed by ripe tannins.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2021 DB4 sports a deep ruby/plum hue as well as a powerful, full-bodied style in its ripe black fruits, smoked herbs, graphite, and chocolate-like aromatics. It has a terrific sense of minerality, tons of richness and mid-palate depth, and a great finish.
The 2021 DB 4 is compelling. Rich and enveloping, the 2021 offers up copious inky dark fruit, chocolate, lavender and licorice, filling out the layers nicely. This is a gorgeous edition of the DB 4. There's a lot of wine here.
About the producer
Founded by Don Bryant in 1986, Bryant Estate is built around a 13-acre vineyard rising from 900 to 1,200 feet on Pritchard Hill. Now led by Bettina Bryant, its acclaimed Bryant Family Vineyard is regarded as one of Napa Valley’s benchmark Cabernet Sauvignons.