Opened and decanted for an hour before dinner. Had an aroma of ripe fruit with peppery alcohol. Slow legs dragged down the glass. Initially the taste was short on the tongue. Was hard to pick up the fruit because it evaporated so fast and the fruit was still pretty tight. But as the evening went on and the fruit opened up, it became very nice and very drinkable.
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I tried to like this wine alot, but the oak keeps getting in way. You could sense some of the fruit, dark cherries and a nice dark chocolate taste, but the oak was over the top. The thinking might be to let this go another few years, but I don't think that will tame the oak. I wish BC producers would try letting the fruit shine thru a bit more than relying so heavily on oak to cover up the fruit, terrior and maybe some poor wine making. For less money Hawthorne Mtn makes a better Cab Franc.
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12/13/2010 - IconWinesHC wrote: 87 Points
Tired. Flat finish
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5/30/2010 - xtopher.brandt Likes this wine: 86 Points
Opened and decanted for an hour before dinner. Had an aroma of ripe fruit with peppery alcohol. Slow legs dragged down the glass. Initially the taste was short on the tongue. Was hard to pick up the fruit because it evaporated so fast and the fruit was still pretty tight. But as the evening went on and the fruit opened up, it became very nice and very drinkable.
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2/10/2008 - Noto Bene wrote: 84 Points
I tried to like this wine alot, but the oak keeps getting in way. You could sense some of the fruit, dark cherries and a nice dark chocolate taste, but the oak was over the top. The thinking might be to let this go another few years, but I don't think that will tame the oak. I wish BC producers would try letting the fruit shine thru a bit more than relying so heavily on oak to cover up the fruit, terrior and maybe some poor wine making. For less money Hawthorne Mtn makes a better Cab Franc.
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