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Nose has old leather, dry garden soil, dried blackberry, dried black cherry, dark chocolate bar, roasted green pepper, wet chalk and faint vanilla/oak.
Palate has dried blackberry, ripe black currant, dried licorice, stale chocolate cake, dried blueberry, moist leather, moist garden soil with smooth tannins and a medium finish.
Purchased in February 2015, our last bottle on this vintage. This bottling can hold in proper storage until 2026-2030.
Nose has old leather, dry garden soil, dried blackberry, dried black cherry, dark chocolate bar, roasted green pepper, wet chalk and faint vanilla/oak.
Palate has dried blackberry, ripe black currant, dried licorice, stale chocolate cake, dried blueberry, moist leather, moist garden soil with smooth tannins and a medium finish.
Purchased in February 2015, our last bottle on this vintage. This bottling can hold in proper storage until 2026-2030.
Cabernet franc is not the most well known expression of the varietal, but it has all the hallmarks of being from Napa and being a cab franc. Initial burst of green pyrazines on the nose give way to soft vanillin from oak influence. Softer tannins than expected on the palate but with a lingering finish. Superb.
Cabernet franc is not the most well known expression of the varietal, but it has all the hallmarks of being from Napa and being a cab franc. Initial burst of green pyrazines on the nose give way to soft vanillin from oak influence. Softer tannins than expected on the palate but with a lingering finish. Superb.
Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA
9.2
This one threw me for a loop. Not typical Napa at all. Very Loire Cab Franc. Haven't had any Freemarks this recent, but if this is a new more restrained style (and they've already managed to stay rather old-school) I'm totally on board.
This one threw me for a loop. Not typical Napa at all. Very Loire Cab Franc. Haven't had any Freemarks this recent, but if this is a new more restrained style (and they've already managed to stay rather old-school) I'm totally on board.
Napa Valley, California, USA
