2009 Raats Cabernet Franc

Community Tasting Notes (35) Avg Score: 90.4 points

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  11/30/2021 - alanh13 Likes this wine:

  This is lovely. Last bottle of a case and at 12 years of age it’s now showing some nice mature Bordeaux flavours. Reminds me of some very good right bank wines. Chateau Figeac? I check my notes and see I’ve said that before. Quite light and classic. Absolutely no green or overtly fruity notes of the past, this is now pencil shaving, graphite and tobacco with some nice cassis. Quite a dry, tight finish. Excellent. Perhaps maturing just a touch soon compared to actual right bank maybe? Checked my purchase data and I paid less than £13 for this back in 2012. That was a bargain and well worth holding onto.
  Wow this changes after food. With a wild boar burger it was mature and very soft, now on it’s own and it’s like the clock has turned back 5 years. Quite noticeable tannin now and aromas of green pepper are even wafting into the background. Lovely cassis too. Very nice, dry finish.
  This is what cabernet franc is all about.

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  4/1/2019 - Wamrod Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Cellared from release. Cork shows a couple mm of seepage, but otherwise intact. Dark inky red, only a trace of brick at edges. Peppercorn and pimento on the nose, with blackberry and vanilla extract. Really amazing on the palette - rich but tangy dark fruit, moderately fine tannins, looong finish, well over 30 seconds, with distinct Ribena at the end. Only two more of this fox left in the cellar!

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  12/21/2018 - cab blends wrote: 89 Points

  The most beautiful green pepper and chalk nose I know. After a few hours secondary Woody characteritics evolve.
  
  Probably the lightest wine of the night by comparison.
  
  Medium body and acidity in the finish.

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  12/21/2018 - Millennial Drinkers wrote: 92 Points

  Medium ruby red. Classic SA CF nose with chalk, bell peppers, cherries and some herbs. Medium tannins (6/10) and medium bodied. Great acidity on the palate with cherries, earthy, a touch of aniseed and black plums. Long finish. Drink till 2023.

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  7/28/2018 - cab blends wrote: 89 Points

  Classic oak chalky nose. This is in its prime.

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