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Lock and Worth Square One Cabernet Franc V.5 2016
Naramata Bench, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, CanadaThe current vintage is 2016 and we are onto V.5 (version five) of this characterful Naramata Bench cabernet franc. CF is of the Okanagan / Similkameen's top red grapes (IMHO), and expressed purely, from low-interventionist producer Lock & Worth. This is from a two-acre clay soiled planting from 1995, fermented native, and with nearly a year and a half in neutral French oak before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. Gently smoked blackberry, black plum, black raspberry, kola nut pad the base of this medium bodied wine, with dark cherry and darker cocoa providing highlight notes, and a thorny resinous note sticking to the finish. Tannins seem lined with black tea - grippy but brisk - to the lingering finish. Satisfyingly suited to grape.Tasted: 10 May 2018Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:| BC | $33.00 | 750ml | winery direct, private wine shops |
Grape: Cabernet Franc
