Madroña Vineyards

El Dorado Cabernet Franc

9.08 ratings

8.31 pro ratings

El Dorado County, Sierra Foothills, California, USA

Cabernet Franc

Exotic Spices, Baking Spices, Hard Cheese, Blue Cheese, Chili & Hot Spicy, Pungent Cheese, Potato, White Rice, Herbs, Tomato-Based, Pasta, Mushrooms, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Salami & Prosciutto, Beef, Soft Cheese, Chicken, Lamb, Turkey, Pork, Duck, Venison

Top Notes For

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

8.3

Drink local. Good cab franc fruit and aromatics, but marred by too much oak. Made better by some ribs.

Drink local. Good cab franc fruit and aromatics, but marred by too much oak. Made better by some ribs.

1 person found it helpfulAug 19th, 2014

8.8

Nice but heavily oaked

Nice but heavily oaked

Nov 3rd, 2019

9.0

Bright, fruchtig,

Bright, fruchtig,

Dec 26th, 2017

9.0

Fruit forward with nice dose of oak. Warming and enjoyable

Fruit forward with nice dose of oak. Warming and enjoyable

Nov 23rd, 2016

9.0

2008 very good.

2008 very good.

Dec 29th, 2014

9.0

Rich had this 5 years ago

Rich had this 5 years ago

Oct 21st, 2019

9.2

Jim had this 9 years ago

Jim had this 9 years ago

Mar 30th, 2015

9.5

Cori had this 9 years ago

Cori had this 9 years ago

Nov 3rd, 2014