Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaRetasted over one year later. This cabernet franc is from Naramata's Turtle Rock Famrs, and entirely whole cluster fermented before spending twenty months in entirely new French oak. The single barrel selection just gobbles up the wood; this massive wine certainly benefitted from the two years in bottle to settle down the tannins in this wine. Resinous and black with cherry, wild blackberry, dusky spice and dried savoury herbs. There's a thread of medicinal / sarsaparilla tickling this wine. Tannins are sticky, welcoming a requisite partnering with lamb or beef after a decant.Tasted: 15 October 2018Tasted by: Prices:
Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaFrom a single vineyard high up on Naramata Bench, this cabernet franc was 100 percent whole cluster fermented before spending twenty months in new French oak. The wine was then bottled without fining or filtration. Pretty, perfumed raspberry, black raspberry and medicinal hued cherry core is streaked with a sasparilla cola note. Very raspy tannins point to the youth of this wine (I tasted an unreleased sample for this note) but the structure is indicative of its capacity for aging. Looking forward to tasting again.Tasted: 16 March 2017Tasted by: Prices:
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