30 min decant. Deep dark magenta color. Lavender perfume and leather on the fruit forward nose. Smooth, dry palate. Firm, full tannins on the medium long finish. Very nice drinker that would have been even better with a two hour decant.
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nearly 5 months after my initial review on this wine, I keep going back to it. Had another bottle this weekend. Had it with friends, and they were in awe that this was less than $50. They were also in awe as to what this winemaker has done with cab franc. This is an elite cab franc - seems to be getting better by the bottle. God bless the 2013 vintage. This thing may last a long time but its hard to resist right now.
Fruits master this flavor, blackberries, rasperries, some blueberry, with some licorice with a bit of earthiness. The nose is fantastic - with some lightly toasted oak, flowers, dark chocolate. The finish is phenomenal given its youth. Tannins have already softened out.
This one is a home run.
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Quite an amazing wine in the hit of the evening. A recommendation from Somalier at Emrils in Orlando. Deep garnet color. Wonderful bouquet of flowers, tobacco and red raspberry. Long balanced finish. Spicy fruit flavor of raspberries and other fruits and thyme. Super smooth tannins. Even folks who don't like franc fell in love with this one.
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5/19/2019 - leadpencil wrote: 90 Points
Medium to full bodied. Blueberry, milk chocolate
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8/21/2018 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 92 Points
30 min decant. Deep dark magenta color. Lavender perfume and leather on the fruit forward nose. Smooth, dry palate. Firm, full tannins on the medium long finish. Very nice drinker that would have been even better with a two hour decant.
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6/12/2017 - seanman wrote:
nearly 5 months after my initial review on this wine, I keep going back to it. Had another bottle this weekend. Had it with friends, and they were in awe that this was less than $50. They were also in awe as to what this winemaker has done with cab franc. This is an elite cab franc - seems to be getting better by the bottle. God bless the 2013 vintage. This thing may last a long time but its hard to resist right now.
Fruits master this flavor, blackberries, rasperries, some blueberry, with some licorice with a bit of earthiness. The nose is fantastic - with some lightly toasted oak, flowers, dark chocolate. The finish is phenomenal given its youth. Tannins have already softened out.
This one is a home run.
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1/28/2017 - seanman Likes this wine:
Quite an amazing wine in the hit of the evening. A recommendation from Somalier at Emrils in Orlando. Deep garnet color. Wonderful bouquet of flowers, tobacco and red raspberry. Long balanced finish. Spicy fruit flavor of raspberries and other fruits and thyme. Super smooth tannins. Even folks who don't like franc fell in love with this one.
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