Darioush
Napa Valley Cabernet Franc
Napa Valley, California, USA
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.
Aug 19th, 2019Super 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
Mar 14th, 2021
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.
Feb 21st, 2021
