Darioush Napa Valley Cabernet Franc 2016

$84

A small-production gem usually available at the winery tasting room only.  Limited. Earth-driven, with plenty of sweet black fruits, the Darioush 2015 Signature Cabernet Franc is described by winemaker Steve Devitt as “the sleeper of the vintage. A bouquet of spiced chai and herbs de Provence overlays plush flavors of blueberry, fig and black currant with notes of cigar box and smoke. A gorgeously textured finish reveals notes of graphite and dusty chocolate.

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Red Wine
Napa Valley, California, USA
Cabernet Franc
750ml
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

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Ellen Clifford Delectable Pro

I’d been warned this was going to be an oak bomb and...nope. There’s oak but it isn’t, say, Guigal levels. And if there were a human oak detector equivalent of, well, bomb-sniffing dogs, that’s me. There are pleasant vanilla things going on with this. It tastes like expensive winemaking—focused voluptuous tannins, ripe fruit in a myriad of colors, earth that certain was trod by royalty and CEOs and...this is luxurious cab franc I would not know was in fact cab f but...do I care? Not right now, no. I’m enjoying my wine that is not an oak bomb. It simply is bomb.

I’d been warned this was going to be an oak bomb and...nope. There’s oak but it isn’t, say, Guigal levels. And if there were a human oak detector equivalent of, well, bomb-sniffing dogs, that’s me. There are pleasant vanilla things going on with this. It tastes like expensive winemaking—focused voluptuous tannins, ripe fruit in a myriad of colors, earth that certain was trod by royalty and CEOs and...this is luxurious cab franc I would not know was in fact cab f but...do I care? Not right now, no. I’m enjoying my wine that is not an oak bomb. It simply is bomb.

9.1

Stephanie LeFevre

Super smooth but not over powering. Found it was better paired with Scallops than Steak

Super smooth but not over powering. Found it was better paired with Scallops than Steak

9.2

Eric

Off beat local wine shop find stand off. The Merlot takes it by a nose (literally) with a 9.4. Both acidically awesome.

Off beat local wine shop find stand off. The Merlot takes it by a nose (literally) with a 9.4. Both acidically awesome.

9.3

Hal

With KB!!!

With KB!!!

9.2
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