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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.2 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 20 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Roman Empire on 7/26/2021 & rated 86 points: Kept passing by this wine in my cellar and finally decided to open it. It was better than I expected, really nice ripe cherries. Not a long finish and still tannic (which I liked). A glass while cooking and another paired with pork loin was very enjoyable. Was a member of Ehlers years ago and its a reliable winemaker. I don't drink a lot of Cabernet Francs..but I would drink this again if it wasn't my last bottle...
The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. It smells like red currant and fig. It tastes like cherry. The body is medium/full. The wine has linear texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity. (742 views) | | | Tasted by Rich S on 7/13/2019 & rated 91 points: Popped and poured. Medium ruby color. Nose of cocoa dusted raspberries and tart red fruit with a hint of pyrazine in the background. Not showing too much oak which was nice. Similar flavors on the palate with mostly red berry fruits and dark chocolate with a little spice. Medium acid and tannin and a mostly dry finish. Very enjoyable sipping wine but showed even better when paired with a little black truffle cheese. (1498 views) | | | Tasted by GingerBelle on 3/3/2018 & rated 93 points: Wine characteristic of St. Helena can franc. While Keenan makes a great cab franc, Ehlers slays with this wine. This still has years of greatness left. (2042 views) | | | Tasted by Ben Christiansen on 2/28/2017: Red fruit and blue fruit on the nose. More hollow in the mid palate. (2719 views) | | | Tasted by Martin Redmond on 11/28/2016 & rated 92 points: #CabFranc Day: Nearly opaque violet color. Initially it shows appealing and effusive baking spice aromas, which give way to black cherry, plum, vanilla aromas complicated by hints of cassis and red pepper and sandalwood. On the palate it's medium-bodied, and harmonious with a juicy acidity and a supple texture featuring well integrated velvety tannins with black cherry, plum, a bit of red currant, spice, and vanilla with just the right about of herbaceousness typical of Cabernet Franc. Long finish. 14.2% abv.
Excellent paired with Mediterranean pizza with mozzarella, feta, spinach and Kalamata olives! (2937 views) | | | Tasted by GTFreek on 10/12/2016: 50% new French oak. Medium nose shows pine, red plum, blackberry, violets. Palate matches, combines fresh fruit with green notes, layered together really nicely, integrated oak. Finish lingers with the fruit in a pretty structure. Very good wine. (2219 views) | | | Tasted by JCGuthrie on 8/29/2016 & rated 91 points: Excellent and early drinking as usual, but better on day two. (1803 views) | | | Tasted by redzins on 8/21/2016 & rated 88 points: Garnet color. Cherry, cola, and stemmy aromas. Cherry, tobacco, and plum flavors lead to a menthol finish. (1315 views) | | | Tasted by TSEICKS on 3/28/2016 & rated 90 points: Taste of plums/prunes. With a hint of licorice
It is too young. Needs a bit of time to allow the first bit of harshness to pass
By the end of the first glass. It was much smoogher (1213 views) |
| Ehlers Estate Producer website
Ehlers Estate, a historic vineyard property that dates back to 1886, continues today as a steward of the land, creating wines that are reflective of its unique terroir and the passion of its viticultural team headed by winemaker Kevin Morrisey. Certified 100% organic on July 1, 2008 by the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), Ehlers Estate crafts expressive and vibrant Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Sauvignon Blanc from vineyard to bottle.Cabernet Franc Varietal character (Appellation America) | Wines & Vines articleUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa Valley Napa Valley Wineries and Wine (Napa Valley Vintners)St. Helena Appellation Napa Valley
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