Community Tasting Notes 5

• Franken Berry Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 23, 2024 - DINNER WITH PAM STARR: get together with fellow CTers, CYCLIST and IAMANDYC and assorted friends and family. I don’t reca whether Pam or CYCLIST brought this, but many thanks. More blue fruited than the 21, mixed with dark cherries, violets, wild flowers and a bit of loam. Bright, energetic, and layered

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• Mortgage92 Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 24, 2023 - Please wait until the next bottle for any notes. I did not write any when I open this so voted with the community for a score. I do know that it will be at least 2 years before I try another, because I do remember thinking, this is too young!

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• davidandrose Likes this wine: 91 points

  November 24, 2023 - 2+ hr slow ox. Dark purple with a slow viscous coating on the stem. Black cherry on the nose, this comes across the palate as watery black and blueberry pie filling, with a hint of oak and structure.
  
  Extremely easy to drink on its own, this could easily pair with poultry, fish or burgers, though I'm not sure I'd put it up to a prime steak. Interesting and very enjoyable expression of the varietal, time to drink up.
  
  As this didn't add much weight during the several hours followed, i wouldn't suggest decanting.

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• davidandrose Likes this wine: 93 points

  March 4, 2021 - Decanted 1/2 the bottle; Comments are after an hour in the decanter. Nose of forest and muted dark fruits. Elegant mouth feel with a soft approach that yields soft, fine-grained tannins front- to- mid palate.
  
  Another hour later, wine from the bottle shows a floral bouquet with a more polished finish. This is a solid wine and an excellent Cab Franc, however like recent C-S wines I just can’t justify the price point.
  
  At $55-65 I’d be all over this, and still a player at 70; $90 I paid at the winery was just to offset tasting fees, and reinforces purchasing on the secondary market. I always want to support family businesses and preserve their margins which are halved retail, but not at a large premium to the distribution chain.

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• rgawlowski wrote: 90 points

  March 26, 2020 - Cabernet Franc ... kinda it nice. Sweet, cotton candy nose, nice finish, pleasant.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Crocker & Starr
• Varietal Cabernet Franc
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• Pending Delivery 4 (0%)
• In Cellars 489 (56%)
• Consumed 388 (44%)

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