Ashes & Diamonds Winery
Napa Valley Cabernet Franc
Napa Valley, California, USA
Day 3 in Napa in the books! Running a day behind on notes...Napa time runs slow AND fast!
Loire Valley meets Napa. Very stewed red fruits with savory and herbal components like tomato, old black cherry, cherry pipe tobacco, and a small hint of pepper down the middle. We ended up buying one to take to dinner and more fruit shows after it gets some air.
Day 3 in Napa in the books! Running a day behind on notes...Napa time runs slow AND fast!
Loire Valley meets Napa. Very stewed red fruits with savory and herbal components like tomato, old black cherry, cherry pipe tobacco, and a small hint of pepper down the middle. We ended up buying one to take to dinner and more fruit shows after it gets some air.
Wonderful Cabernet Franc, made in a style reminiscent of CF from the Loire Valley.
Wonderful Cabernet Franc, made in a style reminiscent of CF from the Loire Valley.
Dec 21st, 2018
Solid Cab Franc gaining some traction here. Blue cotton candy, pyrazines, blackberries, dusted plum skin, cedar. Created by guest winemaker Steve Matthiasson, harvested Sept 4-15, 2014 and saw 14-21 days in stainless, then 20 mos. in 20% new bousset french oak.
Recommendable, smooth and easy drinking 13.9% abv Cab Franc! Word's out!
Solid Cab Franc gaining some traction here. Blue cotton candy, pyrazines, blackberries, dusted plum skin, cedar. Created by guest winemaker Steve Matthiasson, harvested Sept 4-15, 2014 and saw 14-21 days in stainless, then 20 mos. in 20% new bousset french oak.
Recommendable, smooth and easy drinking 13.9% abv Cab Franc! Word's out!
Old world in style. Medium minus body. Vegetal, floral and elegant. Different from what you get in the valley. Big fan.
Old world in style. Medium minus body. Vegetal, floral and elegant. Different from what you get in the valley. Big fan.
Dec 20th, 2017
Very nice. No greeness. Tastes like a light in its feet Matthiasson cab sauv.
Very nice. No greeness. Tastes like a light in its feet Matthiasson cab sauv.
Oct 24th, 2021
Very yummy Mediterranean family style lunch from Ashes & Diamonds chef, wines are restrained and just OK... nice pours with the lunch though!!!!
2018 semillion-savignon blanc
2017 cab franc
2018 red hen cab sav
2018 bates ranch mountain cuvee
2017 mountain peak cab sav
2017 estate merlot
Very yummy Mediterranean family style lunch from Ashes & Diamonds chef, wines are restrained and just OK... nice pours with the lunch though!!!!
2018 semillion-savignon blanc
2017 cab franc
2018 red hen cab sav
2018 bates ranch mountain cuvee
2017 mountain peak cab sav
2017 estate merlot
Neighbor dinner... was excellent....full and tasty...great starter wine pre dinner.
Neighbor dinner... was excellent....full and tasty...great starter wine pre dinner.
Mar 31st, 2021
Reticent nose. Medium bodied. Stewed red fruit. Better CF out there at this price point.
Reticent nose. Medium bodied. Stewed red fruit. Better CF out there at this price point.
Mar 29th, 2020
Finished our trip to the Okanagan and had experienced some great new wines that will write up in due time. Back home and to celebrate the trip we opened something completely different, a 100% cab franc made in a 1980s style California red. It’s heavy with ripe dark fruits, namely plums, black currants, dark cherry followed by herbaceous notes, earth, graphite and leather. There is a moderate amount of rounded tannin that fills the palate. Served with steak, grilled portabello mushroom and asparagus.
Finished our trip to the Okanagan and had experienced some great new wines that will write up in due time. Back home and to celebrate the trip we opened something completely different, a 100% cab franc made in a 1980s style California red. It’s heavy with ripe dark fruits, namely plums, black currants, dark cherry followed by herbaceous notes, earth, graphite and leather. There is a moderate amount of rounded tannin that fills the palate. Served with steak, grilled portabello mushroom and asparagus.
Jun 21st, 2019
Cranberries & rich clay. Light and beautiful
Cranberries & rich clay. Light and beautiful
Jan 21st, 2018