BRAND "No 95" Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
(Pritchard Hill, Napa Valley, California) - [TWI 95] [VM 93] [WA 93]

About the Wine:
The 2021 BRAND Napa Valley Vineyard N°95 Cabernet Sauvignon is the delicious culmination of 1,330+ days of time, patience, and effort that began following the harvest of the previous vintage. Great wines have dimensions that reveal themselves and change kaleidoscopically over hours, or even decades — the luxurious sense of depth, concentration, and lively balance in this vintage demonstrates again how time and the pursuit of great wine are inextricably linked.

BRAND Hallmarks:
100% Pritchard Hill — organically farmed and made entirely on the Pritchard Hill estate in Napa Valley.
1,300+ Days — thoughtful (perhaps obsessive) attention to the thousands of details that go into the bottle.
1:1 Focus — made personal by the team and proprietors, deeply and tirelessly engaged with the place, process, and people that make the wine.
Wine Forward — inspired by the upstarts who built Napa Valley to make modern wine by revisiting first principles once more.

Time to Grow:
170 days from budbreak to harvest. 144 hours of 1,100 sheep grazing the cover crop. 1,370 hours walking the vineyards adjacent to the winery, some of the oldest vines on the property. 19 days of harvest, between September 10-29. Countless hours devoted to organic and sustainable farming.

Time to Create:
1,330 days since harvesting the prior vintage of the Vineyard N°95 Cabernet Sauvignon: 10 days of fermentation, 24 days of maceration, 5,320 hours of cellar work, 20 months of barrel aging, 80 hours of tasting and blending trials, 0 hours fining and filtration, and 13 months of bottle aging.

Time to Savor:
A wine that is drinking beautifully now will, in 5-10 years, yield even more dimensions: a luxurious sense of depth, concentration, and balance; scents of violet, red plum, and bay laurel; and a rich core of blackberry, thyme, bing cherry, and mocha.

Ratings & Reviews

95 Points - The Wine Independent:
"Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2021 No 95 Cabernet Sauvignon pops from the glass with vibrant Morello cherries, mulberries, and warm cassis notes, followed by nuances of violets, dark chocolate, and wild sage. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers vivacious black and red berry layers with firm yet very fine-grained, ripe tannins and well-knit freshness, finishing long and savory. Very impressive! Around 500 cases were made." -Lisa Perrotti-Brown (Nov 2023)

93 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:
"From the winery's lower vineyard, planted in 2002 and 2014, the 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon No. 95 includes just a splash of Cabernet Franc. It offers up classic scents of crushed stone, pencil shavings, black cherries and cassis, while the full-bodied palate is ripe and velvety, with a long, licorice-tinged and slightly warm finish framed by soft, dusty tannins. It's a fine introduction to the property. Drinking Window: 2024-2035." -Joe Czerwinski (Mar 2024)

93 Points - Vinous:
"The 2021 No. 95 is a gorgeous, elegant wine. Spice, orange peel, mocha and floral notes open first in this pliant, open-knit Cabernet Sauvignon. Silky tannins and soft contours wrap it all together nicely. It saw 20-21 months in barrel, with 60% new wood. This is beautifully done. Drinking Window: 2025-2036." -Antonio Galloni (Dec 2023)