"Odedi"

9.0

Deep ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Nose of red fruits with light earth notes.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing black currants, black plums, cherries, spices, tobacco, earth, light wood, dark coffee and black pepper.

Smooth finish with fine grained tannins and cherries.

This 6 year old is a very easy drinking Cabernet Franc from the Loire Valley in France.

Good right out of the bottle, and gets more complexity as it opens up. Tannins show up after 45 minutes of airtime.

I had it 4 years ago, and it is drinking pretty much the same, although it did gain more complexity. Will not get any better from this point, so drink up.

Good by itself as a sipping wine and good with food. I gave it a light chill and paired it with cheeses and crackers.

13.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$40. — 18 days ago

Daniel M

9.2

Opened yesterday, drank over 2 days.
The nose is very fruity and intense with dark cherry touches, earthy notes, some raspberry and blackberry scents too. I could even smell some peony notes too. This is really inviting. The palate is wide and long and quite complex. A good acid drive, some dark cherry notes all along, some very soft and easy going mouthfeel that is changing in mid palate with a great tannic wall, which adds a layer of dust over an otherwise quite juicy and fruity finish. In the back-end though, there is a tiny savoury note that pops along with a subtle bitterness. This is really my kind of cab franc. Really good stuff! — 5 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Intake 2014 | Roundness, spicyness — 15 hours ago

Carmen

9.1

Super interesting, chilled red! Berry fruits, green pepper, cherry, earthy, baking spices. — 2 months ago

Matt Ragan

9.0

Delish- fruity, fresh but a undertone of funk that’s great — 5 months ago

with Shelley

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2014 | Very complete wine: depth and fruit, still potential. Well balanced. — 7 months ago

Ted

9.2

Damn that was good. Different and worth trying. — a month ago

with Jeni

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2015 | combines spicyness with strictness — 3 months ago

Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.4

Drinking much younger than expected. Still plenty of fruit and drinking at peak. Should go another 20, no problem! — 8 months ago

Mike Searby

9.0

Good cabernet Franc character. Smooth tanins. Good value for the age. — 9 months ago