2020 Domaine des Sanzay Rosé Saumur
This is a pressed wine, one hundred percent Cabernet Franc, organically grown on forty-year-old vines. The fruit is pressed, fermented with ambient yeasts in…
cabernet franc
2018 Domaine des Sanzay Saumur Champigny
Domaine des Sanzay’s Saumur-Champigny is a mercurial wine, youthful but with the stuffing to age. Made from organically farmed Cabernet Franc, it’s rich raspberry-red…
2020 Gallica Cabernet Franc Napa Valley
Gallica’s Napa Cab Franc is ruby purple with blue-fuchsia glints. The wine has a perfume of violets and black plums, and the first palate…
Sfriso Winery Sparkling and Still
Vivacious sparkling and still wines from a tiny Veneto winery
Tenuta Sette Cieli: 2016 Indaco and Scipio
Tasting two Toscana IGT grown near Bolgheri, on the Mediterranean coast
2019 Hound’s Tree Estate Rosé North Fork
Snappy rosé from Long Island
2019 Ehlers Rosé Sylviane St. Helena Napa Valley
Charming rosé of Cabernets Sauvignon and Franc
2015 Smith-Madrone Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain District Napa Valley
A good value in a Spring Mountain Cab
2015 Château de Marchesseau Lalande-de-Pomerol
Weeknight Right Bank wine
2016 Domaine des Sanzay Vieilles Vignes Saumur-Champigny
Fresh, delightful Cab Franc
2013 Somerston Cabernet Franc Deerhound Napa Valley
Muscular, tannic, and concentrated
2005 Duckhorn Vineyards Napa Valley Red Wine Howell Mountain
Mature, but still evolving