Community Tasting Notes 8

• Uncle Pops wrote: 88 points

  April 10, 2020 - Not a lot of distinctive cab franc left in here, assuming there was more when it was younger. Nevertheless, it remains a very pleasant wine with enough backbone for food. Paired decently with brown butter sage gnocchi.

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• Labrador Likes this wine: 86 points

  January 28, 2020 - A very nice wine, but it is time to drink up.

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• Swaggering Beaunie Likes this wine:

  March 2, 2017 - Much better than previous bottles. This one is finally ready now. The oak has settled down. Fruit forward and silky. Definitely "new world", nothing at all like a Chinon, but it will please fans of California-style wines.

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• MeToo wrote:

  October 30, 2016 - Had a beautiful aroma of cherry and red berries, floral notes and with a whiff of tobacco. Medium-bodied, nice mouthfeel, with very generous red berry flavor, baking spices and a bit of herbiness (sage-like, dusty) but with a great balance between fruit and acidity that prevents it from being too “big.” Smooth finish.

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• Swaggering Beaunie wrote: 87 points

  August 20, 2016 - We tried this most recently in June of 2016, and it wasn't ready, rather it was overbearingly oaky. This bottle was much tamer, with the oak integrated. It was good, but a generic red without much minerality, and with no terroir. It showed some mixed black fruits, a little bit of lightly toasted oak, and not much else. $29 from Last Bottle; there are much better wines available at that price.
  
  Drink now if you have it, there is no further aging potential.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Cornerstone Cellars
• Varietal Cabernet Franc
• Designation Stepping Stone
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa / Sonoma
• Appellation Carneros
• UPC Code 074825272867

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• In Cellars 45 (39%)
• Consumed 70 (61%)

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