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Red
2007 Amphora Winery Cabernet Franc Pedroni Vineyard
Cabernet Franc
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Dry Creek Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 16
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tautlinehitch Likes this wine: 94 points
September 3, 2018 - Cork failed on extraction. Nose of white pepper, blackberry, dry leaves, maybe a bit of currant? Generous palate with lots of berry fruit, a little strawberry? Medium coarse tannins in the middle, feels quite acid which will be great with dinner tonight. This is my last bottle of the 2007 Amphora Pedroni CF, which was my introduction to serious California winemaking - what an adventure it's been. Still holding up very well, if you still have some, and I'd happily buy another half dozen, but the 2010 and 2012 are great too...
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tautlinehitch Likes this wine: 94 points
May 30, 2017 - Nose of garrigue, white pepper, red plum, quince, raspberry, a bit of caramel. Palate follows nose, surprising medium-coarse tannins. I reviewed the previous bottle as over the hill and fading - clearly that one was flawed. This bottle is solid, vibrant, hitting all the notes. Definitely mature and should be polished off in the next year or five. But it's brilliant, as good as anything Dry Creek Valley has to offer. Kudos to Amphora!
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tautlinehitch Likes this wine: 89 points
April 21, 2017 - Cork failed on extraction. Nose now more barnyard, dirt. Blackberry still there but in the background. Still very pleasing on the palate, blackberry and blueberry, cab franc dirt, but starting to come apart. This was the first Rick Hutchinson wine I ever tasted, and was a stunner. Still enjoyable today, but past its prime (as any cab franc would be at ten years). Drink up, and remember past greatness...
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slingshots7 wrote: flawed
June 2, 2016 - Corked
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Chip & Susanne Likes this wine: 91 points
July 16, 2015 - Incredibly full-bodied, well-structured wine. Rich with cassis, white pepper & fennel against a core of blackberries & baked cobbler. A wine that lingers beautifully like an engaging musical score...
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2007
- Type Red
- Producer Amphora Winery
- Varietal Cabernet Franc
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Pedroni Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Dry Creek Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 75 (39%)
- Consumed 117 (61%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerAmphora Winery
- VarietyCabernet Franc
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationDry Creek Valley
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