Winemaker's description
The nose opens with sweet, dark fruit aromas and rounds
out with a hint of vanilla and oak. The black cherry, blackberry and touch of
cinnamon aromas carry through to the flavors.
Price: $14.99 at Total Wine
Veramar’s Cab Franc starts with a delightful nose of
rich blackberries and burnt oak, and presents great color. The first taste
offers rich blackberries, with very pronounced, and very good vanilla
overtones.
While red wine is rarely considered “creamy,” this
wine could be described as such, or maybe more appropriately, “velvety.” The
texture is absolutely awesome!
The flavor is bold, but not overpowering. Given the
age of this wine, it understandably has well-defined tannin, but not too much.
This wine should age very well, and peak in a year or two.
But make no mistake, this wine is outstanding right
now.
Without a doubt this belongs on your list of holiday
wines that will impress any wine loving guest. Just sit back and watch the look
on their face when you tell them it is indeed a Virginia Wine!
Our ratings:
Flavor: 4.75 out of 5
stars –Very Good to Excellent
Complex yet smooth, the
vanilla rounds out the blackberries and oak in outstanding fashion.
Drinkability/Versatility: 4.25
out of 5 stars – Very Good to Excellent
When the tannins smooth out
in a year or two, this just might rank 5 stars.
Value: 4.5 out of 5 stars – Very Good
It would be hard to find a
better red at this price.
Overall: 4.75 out of 5 stars – Very Good to Excellent
One
of the highest ratings we’ve given to any wine. I can’t wait to enjoy this wine
again. A true delight.
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