Zepaltas Wines

Pickberry Vineyard Cabernet Franc

8.77 ratings
9.03 pro ratings
Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, 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
Doctor No

Purposefully underripe. Even with significant air, did not have any real aromatic complexity. Dominated by acid and yet bereft of balancing fruit. Have had many good Zepaltas wines but this one was not pleasant to me, and I count myself in the AFWE crowd...

Purposefully underripe. Even with significant air, did not have any real aromatic complexity. Dominated by acid and yet bereft of balancing fruit. Have had many good Zepaltas wines but this one was not pleasant to me, and I count myself in the AFWE crowd...

Aug 10th, 2017
Justin Smith

Very ripe red raspberry and wood. Youngin and needed at least 4 hours to open up. Some gooseberry tartiness, red apple skin, menthol, tannin, and rich mouthfeel.

Very ripe red raspberry and wood. Youngin and needed at least 4 hours to open up. Some gooseberry tartiness, red apple skin, menthol, tannin, and rich mouthfeel.

Jul 25th, 2016
Justin Anthony

hard to see the forest through the trees (too much wood!)

hard to see the forest through the trees (too much wood!)

Dec 1st, 2015
Andrew Algren

Sommelier Alinea

9.1

Andrew had this 10 years ago

Andrew had this 10 years ago

Jun 2nd, 2015
Ion Feldman

Ion had this 9 years ago

Ion had this 9 years ago

Jun 13th, 2016