By the glass at the club, popped and poured. Deep color. Notes of back currants, kirsch, chocolate and something savory, like a cross between leather and sage. There’s a little bit of a root beer/melted licorice thing going on as well. Full-bodied with flavors of black currant, cassis, chocolate and plum with a slightly sappy, resinous quality on the finish. Haven’t had anything from Franciscan in a long while and for $16/btl at local retailers, this is a decent little bottle of cabernet. 88+ pts.
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2/17/2024 - Wine Gent Likes this wine: 90 Points
Good vintage. Much better than 2019.
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2/7/2024 - whudock Likes this wine: 90 Points
good fruit complemented with cedar, leather and pipe tobacco notes. Excellent QPR. easy drinking and does not go flat over time
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1/31/2024 - samoss Likes this wine: 88 Points
High on the luscious scale with plum blackberry leather brown sugar vanilla.
A nice wine very approachable.
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1/5/2024 - Lglac Likes this wine:
Fruit notes, light
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12/8/2023 - AllRed wrote: 88 Points
By the glass at the club, popped and poured. Deep color. Notes of back currants, kirsch, chocolate and something savory, like a cross between leather and sage. There’s a little bit of a root beer/melted licorice thing going on as well. Full-bodied with flavors of black currant, cassis, chocolate and plum with a slightly sappy, resinous quality on the finish. Haven’t had anything from Franciscan in a long while and for $16/btl at local retailers, this is a decent little bottle of cabernet. 88+ pts.
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