2005 St. Supéry Cabernet Franc

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  2/2/2018 - djlevin Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This was the last bottle of three, with an interesting personal history. Tasted this wine in the barrel prior to bottling back in 2005. Amazing wine in the barrel. The first two bottles drunk over the last five years were an awful mess. My first experience with a wine this out of balance significantly improving with time. The first two bottles had very noticeable alcohol, extreme acidity and fruit in the background. Apparently, this disjointed wine needed time to come together. Just popped the last bottle and it was beautiful! Fruit forward nose of blackberry, plum and mint. Palate is soft and inviting. Approach is just barely fruit forward following the nose. The alcohol has become integrated and the very high acidity has softened. The tannins have resolved leaving both structure and mouthfeel, without astringency. The fruit persists into a long finish. What was unpleasant before, has flipped a switch and reached its potential. First time I have experienced a mess of a wine coming together over time. It took 13 years of awful tasting wine for this to finally reach its drinking window. I have heard similar stories, but never experienced a radical transformation myself. If you are holding a bottle, this is your time. Let me know if you have had the same experience.

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  12/24/2010 - winetennis wrote: 90 Points

  More old world than I expected, since I am in Virginia and the vegetal and unripe Cab Franc is proffered here as the norm. Pencil shavings and green pepper exude from the 1-hour decanted glass. Well integrated tannins with the fruit. Overall, a great wine which I savored.

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  9/20/2010 - vegaswino wrote: 92 Points

  Incredible. As a huge fan of Cabernet Franc, I will be buying a lot more.

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  7/1/2010 - vegaswino wrote: 93 Points

  Awesome Cabernet Franc. I am a huge fan of this varietal and this one was definitely at the top of Francs I have enjoyed. Beautiful fruit, nice finish, a real hit with my wife and myself. Highly recommend.

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  5/1/2010 - ClemsonScout wrote: 89 Points

  I found the wine more old world than new when compared to typical Napa Cab Francs. Oak was fairly light. Quite an enjoyable wine, though not sure its worth the asking price.

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