2005 Detert Family Vineyards Cabernet Franc Oakville

Community Tasting Notes (26) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  11/21/2019 - ledocq Likes this wine:

  This came from a different source, so I had no idea of provenance. A little weird at first - had that telltale Detert nose, the one I could fall into all day, but the taste, besides being coiled tight, had this strange finish that was papery. Not cardboard, but that feeling you got when you were a kid and might have licked your homework. (Edit: just noticed that strange paper tastes are common for vintage Detert.) Decanted, and after 3 hours that papery taste was gone - it was just full on pleasure. Of course it doesn't taste anything like cab francs I've had elsewhere - if you'd told me it was cab sauvignon, I would believe you. This stuff ages so well!

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  3/31/2019 - Winedog1 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Grape popsicle. Sweet.

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  11/30/2017 - sunnylea57 wrote: 94 Points

  Delicious classic Cab Franc profile - including that savoury herb note - but amped up to 11 because this is California. Wildly intense and dense. Decanting for a few hours before drinking certainly helped, but only by degrees. It had the stuffing to outlast any radioactive fallout caused by Little Rocket Man.

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  11/24/2017 - sunnylea57 wrote: flawed

  Corked. But the fruit, tannins and acidity were so powerful they almost overrode the wet cardboard. Almost. Drank a large glass anyway. There's a terrific wine underneath the cork taint. Hopefully my other bottle will give a better result.

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  11/23/2017 - ledocq Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Terrific. Has a few years left. You will never ever mistake this for Saumur Champigny -- way boisterous and satisfying.

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