1986 La Jota Cabernet Franc

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90 points

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  10/21/2013 - affordableCollector wrote: 89 Points

  red, dark in color. blackberry, earth, floral, on the nose. dried fruit, earth, floral, blackberry, spice, oak, on the palate. medium acid, on the finish.

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  6/24/2013 - KeithAkers wrote: 91 Points

  Rotating Dinner Series- A Focus on Cabernet Franc (Domaine Wine Storage, Chicago IL): Nose: This is very seamless on the nose with refined and balanced tones of herbs, dark red fruits, violets, leather, funk, and red cherries. There is very good complexity, but it is lacking some depth that would really drive the nose.
  
  Taste: Medium bodied with medium+ acidity and dusty tannins. Very well balanced with seamless tones of herbs, red cherries, spices, violets, and some funk tones.
  
  Overall: This was a very refined mature cab franc. It was pretty with good complexity on both the nose and palate.

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  10/18/2009 - vanpe003 wrote: 91 Points

  Dark ink in color, no sign of bricking. Notes of violet, blue fruits over a bit of oak on the nose, along with a bit of a porty impression. On the palate, a bit of cassis, white pepper, a slight tinge of green along with something that makes me think of eucalyptus. Fairly bright, but nicely balanced in general, getting decidedly plumper with an hour in the glass. Medium long finish with some tannins sneaking in early. While I have about zero experience with aged Cab Franc, this does not drink like a 23 year old wine to me. Much younger. I didn't have this logged in inventory, so much about the bottle is a mystery to me (where did I get it, $$$, etc.). I'm back and forth between 90 and 91 pts on this. For experimental merits, it would go higher than that! One of the more unique and interesting wines I've had in awhile.

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  4/1/2009 - knelsfk wrote: 89 Points

  A fully mature California Cabernet Franc that has held up very well; color beginning to go brownish purple; nose of coffee, minerals, vanilla, and earth; concentrated ripe blackberries on the palate; tannins soft with a long finish that turns mildly unpleasant after 30 seconds; other than the finish, a fine aged California red wine beginning to decline.

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