2017 Lo-Fi Wines Cabernet Franc

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 91 points

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  8/25/2018 - srh Likes this wine:

  Beat the Heat Wine Tasting (San Diego Wine Co.): Grapes from the Coquelicot Estate (Ballard gravelly fine sandy loam soil) & Clos Mullet (Chamise shaly loam soil) Vyds; "Fermentation: Whole cluster carbonic. 100% natural primary & secondary; pressed after 8 days." Aged 6 mos, 62% in tank, & 38% in neutral oak barriques; 580 cs
  
  N: Berries with notes of smoke, poss pyrazines underneath?
  
  P: Med body; RNDISH entry with NICE, almost swtish, grn olive frt firmed by a bit of puckerish astringency which transitions into a LONG, grn olive finish with a bitter/swtness (65:35) to the very, VERY fine tannins. POSS for now with food, but deserves/NEEDS another 8-12 mos, then drinking for 2-3 yrs more? 12.5% ABV; My VG-/VG. [This vendor's $19.99 is at the top of wine-searcher's limited entries.]

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