2016 Tamarack Cellars Cabernet Franc

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  12/15/2020 - letswinealot Likes this wine:

  Tamarack Cellars is located in a restored World War II fire station and barracks where this wine is aged in French Oak barrels. Lighter than a Cabernet Sauvignon this varietal showed some complex notes of oak black pepper that had a long finish of leather and smoke.
  
  He Said: 91
  She Said: 89 ... which went up to a 93 the longer the wine aired.
  
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  8/29/2020 - familydoc Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This one really wowed!
  
  smokey, blueberry, cherry compote, very delicious and integrated with a nice long finish.

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  7/26/2020 - darrenv Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Great nose of blackberry and some liquorice. Herbaceous sensation in the mouth, but a pepper and spice finish that grabs you, a touch of green in there. Really nice.

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  5/31/2020 - VinZen Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Inky color with violet edge in the glass. Dusky nose with hints of cardamon and cinnamon. Notes of tobacco and buttered toast give way to vanilla and sour cherry and dark chocolate on the finish. Tamarack’s take on the rusticity of the cab franc variety is spot on with a unique signature that is all their own.

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  6/2/2019 - srh Likes this wine:

  Walk Around of Medal Winners from ’19 San Diego Int’l Wine Challenge (Coasterra (Cohn Restaurant Group), San Diego, CA): 100% C.F. from 60% Weinbau Vyd (Wahluke Slope AVA), 25% Ciel du Cheval Vyd (Red Mtn AVA), 10% Seven Hills West Old Blocks Vyd (Walla Walla Valley AVA), & 5% Tapteil Vyd (Red Mountain AVA); "Crushed gently & dropped into 1.5 ton bins, cold soaked for 24-72 hrs, then inoculated with a variety of yeasts, hand-punched, & pressed directly to barrel where the wine finishes both primary and secondary fermentations. The individual lots of wine that comprise the C.F. are kept separate for at least 1 yr before they are blended. Cooperage is 30% new premier FR oak, 30% once filled premier FR oak, & the remaining in 2nd fill or older FR oak." 1,512 cases produced.
  
  N: RIPE berries, tobacco, poss tomato leaf
  
  P: MF body; RNDISH entry with NICE, almost swtish frt met by some astringent pucker which only somewhat resolves by the LONG, balanced finish with a bitter/swtness to the dusty tannins, but ULT a pleasantness. NEEDS through '21, I'd guess, then drinking for 3-4 yrs more. 14.1% ABV; My VG+/EXC-, the higher ult. 91 pts WS, 90 Dunnuck, & 89 WE @ $30. '19 contest results: Platinum (94 pts) @ S.D. Int'l Challenge, Gold @ S.F. Chronicle, & Bronze @ TEXSOM Int'l.

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