Walla Walla Vintners Cabernet Franc (Columbia Valley (WA))

Ficha técnica

Tipo

Other

Uva

Cabernet Franc

País

United States

Região

Columbia Valley (WA) · Columbia Valley

Denominação

Columbia Valley

Corpo

medium

Acidez

medium

Tanino

medium

Doçura

dry

Safras avaliadas

• 201591 pts

  High toned notes of garden herb, spice, cherry and bittersweet chocolate lead the nose of this wine. Chocolate and cherry flavors intertwine throughout the palate and linger on the finish. It brings plenty of appeal despite the obvious oak influence.

• 201390 pts

  Cabernet Franc has become a signature variety for this winery, and this wine shows why. It's direct and appealing with lush aromas and flavors of milk chocolate, cherry, barrel spices and flowers, with an herb-filled finish that hangs as long as you care to count.

• 201291 pts

  A signature wine for this winery, this directly appealing offering carries notes of herbs, flowers, cherry and chocolate. It's chock-full of elegantly styled cherry flavors, with chocolate that lingers on the finish.

• 201192 pts

  This is an elegant wine, blended with 13% Merlot and just a splash of Carmenère adding some peppery spice. Surprising citrus highlights suggest tangerine juice and rind, and the tart pomegranate and wild cherry fruit slides gracefully into sleek tannins.

• 200992 pts

  This is a tight, black-fruited wine, with generous flavors that include espresso and licorice. At first it's quite firm and a bit unyielding, it slowly peels open layer after layer, tossing out hints of dried herb, tobacco and mocha.

• 200692 pts

  Cab Franc is often chewy, tannic, herbal, but rarely luscious, as it is here. The addition of 12% Merlot softens up the middle, but the Franc is the show, with a dazzling display of blueberry, boysenberry, raspberry, coffee, tobacco leaf, lead pencil and more.

• 200591 pts

  This is Walla Walla Vintners' signature wine, and it is a classic: rich and oaky, sculpted but also chewy, with big cherry and baking chocolate flavors. There is an unusual flavor streak running through that tastes a bit like Thanksgiving turkey, believe it or not, but it's good…