Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaA re-taste of this wine a year on shows improvement in a minimally-sulphited pure cabernet franc that has really expanded in bottle. Look for a sage, curry spicy, smoky, and cranberry, tobacco nose flecked with pepper, vanilla, cedar, floral, chocolate aromas. It has a dry, full, fresh, juicy palate with some young tannins and cranberry, plum, vanilla, cedar, tobacco, floral, vanilla, chocolate, poultry spice and liquorice flavours. Good finesse and concentration but still needs 2-3 years to fully mature and be the red wine it can.Tasted: 15 October 2012Tasted by: Prices:
BC
$50.00
750ml
estimated retail
Producer: Van Westen VineyardsDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: Cabernet FrancUPC: 00626990120797
Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaIntense barnyard, cedar, leather and prune notes with dried cranberry, cherry and vanilla aroma. Full, round, ripe palate with grainy tannins. Chocolate, vanilla, coffee, dried cherry, cranberry, prune, savoury, saddle leather and floral flavours. Very ripe fruit with good concentration but the oak is fairly overt and it is showing early signs of volatility.Tasted: 27 December 2011Tasted by: Prices:
BC
$50.00
750ml
estimated retail
Producer: Van Westen VineyardsDistributors: Winery Direct Grape: Cabernet FrancUPC: 00626990120797
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