2016 Corison Cabernet Franc Helios Sunbasket Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  4/1/2021 - 5laton wrote:

  This initially threw some big, inky-ripe aromas that I found rather frightening. To my relief, with just a few minutes in a decanter I began to recognize some more correct varietal aromas that wouldn't be terribly out of place in say, a (very) ripe vintage of Baudry Croix Boisses.
  This is likely too young to fairly evaluate, but I personally didn't it to be as special as Cathy's appellation cabernet, particularly in 2016. That might be on me, as I've frankly (haha) never tasted a California cabernet franc with anything on the best from France; the varietal character just seems to get obliterated in our sunny climate.

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  3/26/2020 - wgmccallum Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Fragrant strawberry aroma with an edge of barnyard, a promise of chocolate and vanilla, and a hint of oregano and cumin. Wide and weighty on the palate, pure dark fruit with a charge of tannin, aromatic after note in the singing finish. Colorful, quirky, rich, and dynamic.

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  3/2/2020 - Cuellar's Cellar Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Good, approachable. would buy again. Cheers

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  2/28/2020 - vinum bonum wrote:

  L'élevage (classieux) est assez perceptible au nez, moins en bouche, où il est bien intégré. Très joli vin, on perçoit un peu de cassis, avec une finale sur une pointe d'agrumes.

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