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 Cabernet Franc + Scores
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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | | | WHY WINE BLOG SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 McGregor Vineyard Rosé d'Cabernet Franc 2009 Of course, I did come to the rescue with a Cabernet Franc Rosé just brought home from my recent Keuka Lake Wine Tour and a visit to McGregor Vineyard and Winery. I'm letting mine sit for a few more years, but what I tasted on the visit were just extraordinaire. Score a 100 for color. digress, now back to my Rose'. | | | | | |
| | | | | SLAKED DECEMBER 1, 2008 1995 Ridge Vineyards Monte Bello Composed of 69% cabernet sauvignon , 18% merlot , 10% petit verdot , and 3% cabernet franc, the wine is dark and brooding, with complex notes of cedar and blackberry on the nose. have tasted this twice before, and my thoughts on the wine have been consistent. At thirteen, the 1995 Monte Bello is still a child. It won't. | | | | | | | |
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BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2007 Adventures in Wine Buying.The Final Chapter
I, however, collected the following bottles, most of which I have not yet touched, and for which I am supplying whatever tasting notes I can find, if any (e.g. JS Score: 90, July 04 - Release Price: $50 Luigi Pira Barolo Marenca 2001 x 3 WS: Intense aromas of blackberries, lightly toasted oak and plums. So they were grateful. Big wine. MORE >> -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2007 Notes From the Dressner Real Wine Attack Tasting
on Saturday, thinking I would be the first guy at Chambers Street Wines for the tasting. And as a reader named Andrew pointed out in his comments on Spring Tastings in NYC , many of the people in the store seemed to have no idea what was going on, they were there simply because they walked by and smelled the wine in the air. MORE >> -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2008  Friday Night Bubbles
missed Wine Blogging Wednesday this month, silly me, and the theme was French Cabernet Franc. This ensures that I taste various sparkling wines from all over the place, and also that I don't spend Champagne bucks each week. was looking for a non-Champagne sparkler last week and stumbled upon Gasnier's La Cravantine - score! MORE >> -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2007  A Tasting of Young Loire Reds
They use Malbec, Gamay, and even Cabernet Sauvignon in Muscadet, Anjou, and Saumur. But the dominant red grape in the Loire Valley, the grape that is used to craft the finest of its red wines is Cabernet Franc, known there as Breton. The one thing we all agreed on was that Deetrane's impostor simply walked away with the tasting. MORE >> -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2007 Recent Sips - July 2007
rose of Cabernet Franc, this wine is more pink than salmon colored, but its a muted and classy pink. first tasted this wine in the company of a few phenomenal Burgundies, and it was clearly the inferior wine. Sineann makes several Pinots, a Zinfindel, Syrah, a Cabernet, and plenty of white wine too. prefer the 04. MORE >>
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