Red
Quady North Arsenal Cabernet Franc-Merlot (Applegate Valley)
Applegate Valley · Southern Oregon · United States
Fact sheet
- Type
- Red
- Grape
- Cabernet Franc, Merlot
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Applegate Valley · Southern Oregon
- Appellation
- Applegate Valley
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
carne assada · cordeiro grelhado · queijos curados · churrasco
Rated vintages
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201292 pts
This is a very limited bottling of 80% Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot. Roughly half spent time in new French oak, which brings a lovely toasty note into the foreground. There's a slight, not unpleasant funkiness, along with dusty baking spices, black cherry and currant, and a chu…
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201091 pts
This is a reserve-level blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot, given extra bottle-age prior to release. If you favor more than a hint of stem and herb in your Bordeaux-style blends, you'll find this quite interesting. Complex layers of iron, smoke, coffee grounds and cassis are in…