ON-523001

Cave Spring Cabernet Franc 2015, VQA Niagara Escarpment

Cabernet Franc Cabernet Franc
Ontario, Canada

$17.95 (523001)

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88 pts
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Critic Reviews (5)

Sara d'Amato
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Sara d'Amato

An arresting cabernet franc deserving of attention. Aromatic with sophisticated dried herbal notes and ample floral...

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David Lawrason
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David Lawrason

This sports quite deep ruby garnet colour. The fruit is nicely ripe and raspberry-scented but there is considerable...

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Michael Godel
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Michael Godel

As with the other Niagara Escarpment reds in the portfolio it is the limestone that stands out, in a good way, to...

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Steve Thurlow
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Steve Thurlow

This is bold nicely structured cab franc that's well balanced and that will benefit from another year of bottle age....

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John Szabo, MS
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John Szabo, MS

An unusually minty, cool climate style cabernet franc with just a touch of hickory smoke and deli meat, and smoked...

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Community Reviews (1)

claudiop
claudiop

One of the best Ontario reds in this price point. Too bad the 2016 pales in comparison. I don't know why they would have changed the composition when the 2015 was mainly from Beamsville and superb. This clocks in at 14.5% ABV.

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