Smith Wooton

Napa Valley Cabernet Franc

8.823 ratings
8.72 pro ratings
Napa Valley, 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
Craig Brown

Smooth dark fruit on the nose. A controlled green aroma.

Smooth dark fruit on the nose. A controlled green aroma.

Nov 5th, 2016
S Butterfield

Sommelier Flask Fine Wines

9.1

Decadent nose of vanilla raspberry spiciness with provincial herbs lingering. Dry tannin up front balanced by a juicy shot of acidity on the finish. Solid fruit presence but the peppery 2011 vintage is more my style.

Decadent nose of vanilla raspberry spiciness with provincial herbs lingering. Dry tannin up front balanced by a juicy shot of acidity on the finish. Solid fruit presence but the peppery 2011 vintage is more my style.

Sep 1st, 2015
Mike

Portland city grill

Portland city grill

Jun 24th, 2018
John Osier

Green pepper, damp grass. Some red fruit. Medium finish. Very nice.

Green pepper, damp grass. Some red fruit. Medium finish. Very nice.

Aug 15th, 2016
Floyden Mugford

Nice fruity mid sweet with a little character and mild spice

Nice fruity mid sweet with a little character and mild spice

Jul 31st, 2015
Steve Gray

This wine does not make it to day two based on other comments. It only lasted a little over an hour with us. I am partial to cab franc.

This wine does not make it to day two based on other comments. It only lasted a little over an hour with us. I am partial to cab franc.

Jan 18th, 2015
Luke Thompson

Surprisingly better than I expected. Nice, nice. Pungent dark fruits on the nose, licorice. Soft, sweet tannins. Good mid-palate, good length. Fun ending of pepper. Really good.
Edit: day two and three were not as good, betraying the quality perhaps. Day three turned heavy-handed with the alcohol. Also, I noticed that it's too sweet. Needs another player.

Surprisingly better than I expected. Nice, nice. Pungent dark fruits on the nose, licorice. Soft, sweet tannins. Good mid-palate, good length. Fun ending of pepper. Really good.
Edit: day two and three were not as good, betraying the quality perhaps. Day three turned heavy-handed with the alcohol. Also, I noticed that it's too sweet. Needs another player.

Sep 6th, 2014
Adam Kincaid

Adam had this 7 years ago

Adam had this 7 years ago

May 27th, 2017
Will Atkinson

Will had this 9 years ago

Will had this 9 years ago

Aug 6th, 2015
Alex Moura

Alex had this 4 years ago

Alex had this 4 years ago

Mar 19th, 2020