'94 Bryant Family Vineyard

[MikeE]

My wife and I cracked open a bottle of the '94 BFV to celebrate moving in to our new home.

I've had this wine on two previous occasions and I would say that this is the best it's shown so far. There is still an enourmous amount of NFO layered over a great extraction of boysenberry fruit. The vanillin slowly seems to be integrating, but I wonder if it will ever fully balance? (As an aside, does oak ever fully integrate the way acidity and tannins do in wines able to handle them do?)

Anyway, I enjoyed this wine, but this continues to underwhelm me compared to the '93 BFV, '94 Screaming Eagle, '94 Colgin, '94 Aruajo, etc. I realize that those are some heavy hitters, but this one is supposed to be in the same league.

Anyway, in my humble opinion.
ME