2013 Riczu-Stier pincészet Villányi Franc

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  4/2/2021 - forceberry wrote: 74 Points

  14% alcohol.
  
  Luminous and moderately translucent ruby red color. Big, dark-toned and rather sweet nose with voluptuous, oak-heavy aromas of chocolate milkshake and butterscotch, some ripe blackcurrants, a little bit of juicy red plum, light herbal tones, a sweet hint of purple fruits and a touch of cherry marmalade. The contrast between this wine and drier, more herbaceous Cabernet Francs of Loire is huge. The wine feels ripe, full-bodied and velvety on the palate with juicy, sweet-toned and quite oaky flavors of blackcurrant jam, some chocolate milkshake, light notes of butterscotch, a little bit of vanilla, sweet hints of cherry marmalade and ripe strawberry and a touch of sour cherry bitterness. The acidity feels moderately high, but the ripe tannins are almost fully resolved, contributing very little to the structure or to the texture. The finish is rich, juicy and moderately warm with a subtle hint of tannic grip and lengthy flavors of mocha oak and butterscotch, some cherry marmalade, light vanilla tones, a little bit of sweet dark plum and a savory hint of woody oak spice.
  
  A very ripe and rather weighty blockbuster of a wine. Feels too rich, sweet-toned and oaky for my taste. I guess it would be possible from the slightly herbaceous note in the nose to recognize this as Cab Franc if it were served blind, but as a whole the wine feels like a very generic new world red with no varietal character or sense of place. This is just way too ripe and over-oaked. Seeing how youthful the wine still is, I can imagine it could benefit from further aging, but as the wine isn't particularly good now, I doubt it will get much better with any amount of cellaring.

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