Martin Woods
Walla Walla Valley Cabernet Franc
Walla Walla Valley, Oregon/Washington, USA
Just awesome. Nose is super complex with loads of spice, herbs and red fruits. Lovely. Really subtle yet also in your face. I know it’s a contradiction but that’s how it’s showing. Sweet red fruits and sweet spices. Baking spices. Palate is so lush, so juicy and so serene and has lovey sapid fruit on the back end that stays and stays with you. Lovely elegant tannins that are ripe and sweet. What length. Killer killer wine. Such an impressive Franc.
Just awesome. Nose is super complex with loads of spice, herbs and red fruits. Lovely. Really subtle yet also in your face. I know it’s a contradiction but that’s how it’s showing. Sweet red fruits and sweet spices. Baking spices. Palate is so lush, so juicy and so serene and has lovey sapid fruit on the back end that stays and stays with you. Lovely elegant tannins that are ripe and sweet. What length. Killer killer wine. Such an impressive Franc.
Jan 25th, 2022It is not close. This is the best domestic Cabernet Franc I’ve ever had. Insane nose. It smells like if Foillard made a Cabernet Franc. Sick florals. Like OMG florals. Gorgeous berry fruit and lovey hint of wonderful sweet herbs. It is such a deep and enveloping aroma that it is almost too intoxicating. Just a total wow nose. Truly amazing. You can sniff so so hard and more and more aroma arrives in your nose. Just stunning. 9.6 nose. Really stunned. Confectionary as well. Palate is so refined, so elegant and so juicy. Just extraordinary. It’s medium bodied and insanely fresh, with such refined, ripe and substantial tannins. So pure. What balance. 40% whole cluster. Loess soils. What a long incredible finish and the fruit just sticks to the back of the palate. A truly brilliant wine.
It is not close. This is the best domestic Cabernet Franc I’ve ever had. Insane nose. It smells like if Foillard made a Cabernet Franc. Sick florals. Like OMG florals. Gorgeous berry fruit and lovey hint of wonderful sweet herbs. It is such a deep and enveloping aroma that it is almost too intoxicating. Just a total wow nose. Truly amazing. You can sniff so so hard and more and more aroma arrives in your nose. Just stunning. 9.6 nose. Really stunned. Confectionary as well. Palate is so refined, so elegant and so juicy. Just extraordinary. It’s medium bodied and insanely fresh, with such refined, ripe and substantial tannins. So pure. What balance. 40% whole cluster. Loess soils. What a long incredible finish and the fruit just sticks to the back of the palate. A truly brilliant wine.
May 21st, 2020
Rich and delicious, focused on fruit and oak. Purple black, flinty complex cab franc that’s mild on tannins and moderately acidic.
Rich and delicious, focused on fruit and oak. Purple black, flinty complex cab franc that’s mild on tannins and moderately acidic.
Jun 10th, 2022
Like an Oregon Pinot but more interesting. Bit more acidity and a little bit tart. Bought at E&R Wines Oregon
Like an Oregon Pinot but more interesting. Bit more acidity and a little bit tart. Bought at E&R Wines Oregon
Jan 18th, 2022