2006 Derenoncourt Cabernet Franc

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  4/23/2022 - chardsy Likes this wine: 88 Points

  My only bottle so not too sure about the evolution, but probably at or just past the end of its peak. Very Napa, fairly rich and extracted. Dark fruits (fresh at first, then tending towards dried) and a lot of fine tannins. Medium minus acid. Did not get any of the herbal/green elements I usually associate with Franc; the group's guesses were more towards merlot or Right Bank blend.

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  9/12/2016 - Jeff Leve wrote: 89 Points

  Have you ever found an orphan bottle in your cellar, hidden behind other bottles that you had no idea, you even owned it? This is one those bottles. Licorice, burnt leaf, iron, espresso, herb and plummy scents take little effort to find. On the palate, the texture is soft, but there is a definitive green, herbaceous streak and some dryness that is going to thrill some tasters, while those traits are going to be a turn off for others. I'm in the middle. Popped and poured, there is no reason to hold this wine for further development.

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  9/19/2015 - slaughterer Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Very dark ruby. Espresso bean, black licorice, spicy blackberry and sage on the nose. Ripe, sweet, round and forward palate with a flavour expression that evolves over a minute's time: the sweet black and blueberry fruit explodes at the open, then the liquorice expands quickly on the mid, and then after these flavours recede there is a lingering warmth from the alcohol, ending alot like a malt, with a touch of whisky barrel and herbs. Highly extracted, and packed with substance, this is a beautiful 100% Cab Franc, sometimes reminiscent of a big Barossa Shiraz (pace Jim Barry, the Armagh) with the spiciness of an extremely high-quality Zin. Really love this.

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  5/3/2012 - dcwino wrote: 80 Points

  Bernard Burtschy dinner at Taberna del Alabardero (Taberna del Alabardero, Washington D.C.): Served blind, I am guessing a Zinfandel as there is abrupt bitter finish.

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