Peter Franus
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley, California, USA
Inspired to open a bottle by @Tom Casagrande recent post. I commented that this producer flies largely under the radar & unnecessarily so. I’ve had 02, 03, 04 & now 08. All delicious with excellent QPR on the bottles I own. Although, I don’t have many bottles forward of 08. So, unaware of recent pricing.
The nose reveals, ripe & slightly stewed fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, ollieberries, blueberries, some dark cherries with raspberries on the glass edge, black licorice, dark spice, incense, smoked meats, anise, dark cola, limestone minerals, dry crushed volcanics, fresh & dry herbs, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon & touch of calm vanilla, cedar, used leather, fresh tobacco, saddle-wood, black olive, steeped black tea with fragrant, ruby, dark, blue, purple flower bound in violets & lavender.
The body is full, ruby & ripe. Still has grand, tarry, chewy tannins. The tension, structure, length and balance are just starting to be their best. This is good but, will enjoy my next bottle in five more years. Ripe & slightly stewed fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, ollieberries, blueberries, some dark cherries with haunting raspberries, black licorice, dark spice with just right intensity & perfect palate heat, incense, smoked meats, anise, dark cola, limestone minerals, dry crushed volcanics, fresh & dry herbs, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon & touch of calm vanilla, cedar, used leather, fresh tobacco, saddle-wood, black olive, steeped black tea, forest floor with a few mushrooms with fragrant, ruby, dark, blue, purple flower bound in violets & lavender. will drink for at least another 10-15 years.
Photos of; Peter with Assistant Winemaker Tim Dolven, a perfect fruit cluster, barrel room and a PF vineyard.
Inspired to open a bottle by @Tom Casagrande recent post. I commented that this producer flies largely under the radar & unnecessarily so. I’ve had 02, 03, 04 & now 08. All delicious with excellent QPR on the bottles I own. Although, I don’t have many bottles forward of 08. So, unaware of recent pricing.
The nose reveals, ripe & slightly stewed fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, ollieberries, blueberries, some dark cherries with raspberries on the glass edge, black licorice, dark spice, incense, smoked meats, anise, dark cola, limestone minerals, dry crushed volcanics, fresh & dry herbs, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon & touch of calm vanilla, cedar, used leather, fresh tobacco, saddle-wood, black olive, steeped black tea with fragrant, ruby, dark, blue, purple flower bound in violets & lavender.
The body is full, ruby & ripe. Still has grand, tarry, chewy tannins. The tension, structure, length and balance are just starting to be their best. This is good but, will enjoy my next bottle in five more years. Ripe & slightly stewed fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, ollieberries, blueberries, some dark cherries with haunting raspberries, black licorice, dark spice with just right intensity & perfect palate heat, incense, smoked meats, anise, dark cola, limestone minerals, dry crushed volcanics, fresh & dry herbs, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon & touch of calm vanilla, cedar, used leather, fresh tobacco, saddle-wood, black olive, steeped black tea, forest floor with a few mushrooms with fragrant, ruby, dark, blue, purple flower bound in violets & lavender. will drink for at least another 10-15 years.
Photos of; Peter with Assistant Winemaker Tim Dolven, a perfect fruit cluster, barrel room and a PF vineyard.
Delicious and getting harder to find
Delicious and getting harder to find
Sep 1st, 2013Great cab at a really god price. Tons of blackberry and ssmmmooooottthhh oak. Pencil lead, currant and mineral. Just awesome
Great cab at a really god price. Tons of blackberry and ssmmmooooottthhh oak. Pencil lead, currant and mineral. Just awesome
May 28th, 2013
