Wine Spectator: Napa & Sonoma Open Up

Wine Spectator: Napa & Sonoma Open Up
Kim Marcus, Tim Fish, MaryAnn Worobiec, and Aaron Romano, June 2021

“…BRION makes single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons from top appellations in Napa and Sonoma, overseen by a trio of talented winemakers—Julien Fayard, Mark Herold and Massimo Monticelli—who each specialize in a given site… For an exploration of Cabernet far from the madding crowd, BRION is hard to beat.”

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Robb Report: These Cabernets from BRION Will Change How You Think About Napa Cabs

Robb Report: These Cabernets From Brion Will Change How You Think About Napa Cabs
Sara L. Schneider, May 2021

“Brion Wise has employed not one, but three, winemakers to coax the best out of his four vineyards’ terroir.…‘My intent was, and is, to marry each vineyard with a winemaker whose style best fits what comes from the land.’ That human understanding is critical, in Wise’s view, to making the best wine possible from a place. ‘What you do in the vineyard,’ he says, ‘goes all the way through to the bottle. Having winemakers that understand that, and understand what the vineyard delivers and how to extract that is everything. Farming techniques are critical in this process, and our philosophy is not to change what the vineyard delivers.’...The deft—and different—hands in these vineyards and on the wines show, and create a snapshot of diversity in the BRION 2016 lineup that Napa critics often fail to see.”

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Forbes: Exploring The Cabernet Sauvignon Of Napa Valley, Part One: Stags Leap District And Yountville

Forbes Magazine: Exploring The Cabernet Sauvignon Of Napa Valley, Part One: Stags Leap District And Yountville
Brian Freedman, March 2021

BRION Sleeping Lady Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2016, Yountville
“…Utterly gorgeous as soon as you smell it, with perfumed aromas ... Sipping this reveals a palate of stunning elegance, with wonderful sweet tannins framing flavors of warm figs, dark berries, a hint of black plums, savory Middle Eastern spices, cedar, graphite that rings through the finish, and high-cacao chocolate. Now or in 25 years, this is a winner.”

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San Francisco Magazine: 5 San Francisco Happenings You Don't Want To Miss This Month

San Francisco Magazine: 5 San Francisco Happenings You Don’t Want To Miss This Month
Nikol Slatinska, February 2021

“…Now, BRION patrons can test the terroir-driven cabernets in the new tasting room, one of California’s two restored bank barns dating back to 1876.”

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Haute Magazine: BRION Boasts a Bevy of Fine Winemakers

Haute Magazine: BRION Boasts a Bevy of Fine Winemakers
Fran Miller, January 2021

“…Julien Fayard, Mark Herold, and Massimo Monticelli make up BRION’s esteemed winemaking team. Together, they are dedicated to producing site-specific, terroir-driven Cabernet Sauvignon, expressed through a collection of small-lot, handcrafted wines from unique single-vineyard sites.”

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