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Manage Subscriptions2009 Fairview Cellars Cabernet Franc Premier Series
Cabernet Franc
- Canada
- British Columbia
- Okanagan Valley
- Okanagan Valley VQA
Community Tasting Notes 13
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Weston3220 Likes this wine:
December 31, 2015 - delicious ripe fruit, but so balanced, good now and good as it ages also
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Merrit Likes this wine: 93 points
November 18, 2014 - This just keeps getting better. Huge nose of black cherry and dark, dark chocolate. Extremely intense cherry and blackberry flavor, with just a touch of forest (canopy, bark and floor). It's so juicy and tasty that the tannins aren't noticeable... at first. But eventually – after the long finish of chocolate, espresso, charcoal and strawberry faded – my tongue and inner cheeks told me there was still some tannin present.
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Weston3220 Likes this wine: 89 points
May 7, 2014 - some nice woody cab franc notes ripe fruit, spice from oak and all intergrated nicely, its not polished like napa cab duh! [i say that as my mother made a comment about it being a touch rough, but shes used to box wine made 'perfectly'] so that being said excellent wine and real
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Merrit Likes this wine: 92 points
August 22, 2013 - Big wine, with lots of blackberry, cherry and tar, with hints of licorice, earth, coffee and leather. It's a huge presence, almost a meal unto itself, but so much fun.
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Weston3220 Likes this wine:
July 28, 2013 - Showing well as always no decant, fantastic pairing with the moose, blackberry notes
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2009
- Type Red
- Producer Fairview Cellars
- Varietal Cabernet Franc
- Designation Premier Series
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Canada
- Region British Columbia
- SubRegion Okanagan Valley
- Appellation Okanagan Valley VQA
- UPC Code 850104000853
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 44 (48%)
- Consumed 48 (52%)
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- ProducerFairview Cellars
- VarietyCabernet Franc
- CountryCanada
- RegionBritish Columbia
- SubRegionOkanagan Valley
- AppellationOkanagan Valley VQA
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