2017 Bryant Family Vineyard 'Bettina' Proprietary Red Italian New 2018 Amoenus comes from the

2018 Amoenus comes from the Blossom Creek Vineyard outside of Calistoga and was brought up in new French oak

Bravo to Gerard Perse for another tour de force in Bordeaux

but it has the structure to last forever

even though the wine is incredibly dense

and a hint of apricots

2017 Bryant Family Vineyard 'Bettina' Proprietary Red Italian New 2018 Amoenus comes from the"Very deep purple black colored, the 2017 Bettina Bryant Proprietary Red is a little youthfully subdued to start, soon unfurling to display notes of dark chocolate, fertile loam, beef drippings and wild mushrooms over a core of creme de cassis, plum preserves, wild blueberries and Morello cherries plus a waft of underbrush. Full bodied, the palate bursts with bold red and black fruit notes, framed by firm, grainy tannins and oodles of freshness,