99pts Jeb Dunnuck

More bloody, iron, and bouquet garni-like nuances emerge from the 2019 Bryn Proprietary Red, which might just surpass the 2018. Beautifully concentrated, rich, and full-bodied, it offers a slightly more red fruited, savory, chocolate style and is already complex. Give bottles a few years in the cellar and it should cruise for 15-20 years.

96pts Jeb Dunnuck

Incorporating lots of Merlot, with some Cabernet Sauvignon as well, the 2019 Bryn Proprietary Red has a full-bodied, round, mouth-filling style as well as ample ripe black cherry, chocolate, roasted herb, and bouquet garni-like aromas and flavors. It’s ripe and has great tannins as well as the balance to continue drinking nicely for 10-15 years.

95pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

A blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon (from Tench Vineyard in Oakville) and 25% Merlot (from Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard in South Napa), the 2019 Bryn Proprietary Red Wine boasts big, intense fruit notes of cassis, blueberries and black cherries. Full-bodied and richly concentrated, this is lush, with great length and gently dusty tannins. Great potential here at a reasonable price. Best After 2025

Winemaker Notes

This is the perfect marriage of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, with the right intensity of Oakville Cab and the plush bittersweet chocolate naughtiness of Sugarloaf Merlot. Regardless of your mood, if you’re looking for something to build you up or something to call you down, this one brings out the best in all of us. Dark cherry plum raspberry flavor is complemented with chocolate mocha and blue rolling a hint of cocoa.

For PerUs, he has sourced fruit from two of Napa Valley’s most prestigious vineyards: Sugarloaf Mountain and the Tench Vineyard adjacent to Screaming Eagle in the heart of Oakville.