Deep dark center, red/purple rim, very modest signs of age. Chalky, coffee grounds, plums, green peppercorns. Smooth, slightly unripe damsons, leafy, green peppers, coffee and toasty oak, significant tannin and acidity still, nice long Cab Franc finish. Took a while to come around (2 hours). Still youthful, might be better in 5 years given the tannin/acidity.
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Deep dark center, red rim with very modest signs of age. Sweet, pipe tobacco, ripe plums, mashed raspberries, smokey, iodine and cracked stones. Smooth, black raspberries, ripe black plums, balsam, tobacco, intense, modest acidity and tannin, good finish. Excellent SMV Cab Franc. Drinking well now, but has another 5 years to go.
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Excellent cab franc. Dark, intense. Plums and black cherries. Needs to be open for some time to express. Rounded and fruity after a day open. Needs a few more years - 5+.
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6/18/2022 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Last bottle unfortunately. Drinking very well with some air. Will keep for another 5 years, but a real treat now.
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1/2/2022 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep dark center, red/purple rim, very modest signs of age.
Chalky, coffee grounds, plums, green peppercorns.
Smooth, slightly unripe damsons, leafy, green peppers, coffee and toasty oak, significant tannin and acidity still, nice long Cab Franc finish.
Took a while to come around (2 hours). Still youthful, might be better in 5 years given the tannin/acidity.
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12/30/2020 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep dark center, red rim with very modest signs of age.
Sweet, pipe tobacco, ripe plums, mashed raspberries, smokey, iodine and cracked stones.
Smooth, black raspberries, ripe black plums, balsam, tobacco, intense, modest acidity and tannin, good finish.
Excellent SMV Cab Franc. Drinking well now, but has another 5 years to go.
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9/13/2019 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Excellent cab franc. Dark, intense. Plums and black cherries. Needs to be open for some time to express. Rounded and fruity after a day open. Needs a few more years - 5+.
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9/9/2017 - Coachron13 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Excellent cab franc. Still tannic. At least five years left in it, probably more.
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