2016 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Franc

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  11/18/2023 - DTK Rockstar Likes this wine: 86 Points

  A bit of green on the nose but overall very fruity and easy drinking.

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  10/16/2023 - Oldmanzin Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Dark fruit is accented by tobacco, spring flowers and wild herbs. Good depth and texture. There is a level of elegances here that is delightful. Good juice.

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  9/17/2023 - davidandrose Likes this wine: 90 Points

  90 minute decant. Very syrupy grip on the stems with dark fruit and dark chocolate offering a very appealing nose. Unfortunately this didn't continue across the palate, which was extraordinarily dry and chalky. while concentrated front palate Thai sentiment continued throughout, not showing much fruit at all.
  
  Nearly 4 hrs after decanting the nose has softened, showing red fruit, violet, lavender and spice. The dusty chalk has faded, allowing currants and red fruit to appear. While this is my last bottle, if I had more I'd probably give this 2 to 3 hours to open up.
  
  Easy drinker and fairly priced at $40, I'd pair this w poultry (smoked chicken for us tonite) or fish if aired sufficiently; based on the 90 minute decant I'm not sure what I'd do with this, as it was too one-dimensional to enjoy at that point.

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  9/10/2023 - shaw wrote: 93 Points

  Let it air for 40 minutes. Drink it over the next 3 years. Fantastic QPR.

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  8/24/2023 - SawgrassSteve Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Nice cab franc. I ordered this online and the bottles were stained(no biggie to me). Then as I removed the foil I notice the top has red wine stain? uh oh! My first thought, it's corked. I proceed to open and the cork slides out without much resistance and then I see the streaking on the cork(see my pic). The nose was fine, currant with a hint of blackberry. I decant and waited an hour. Drinks fine, however I believe it's risky keeping this wine long term due to the cork streak. Perhaps it was not stored properly prior to my receiving, so we decided to consume both bottles now. Again, nice cab franc, hints of black pepper, balanced fruit. Definitely decant for an hour.
  
  I was not dissatisfied, just a heads up. I use a pump vacuum seal(not coravin) and even it fit loosely into the neck. Anyone else experience this?

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