ON-391995

Cave Spring Cabernet Franc 2012, VQA Niagara Escarpment

Cabernet Franc Cabernet Franc
Ontario, Canada

$16.25 (391995)

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87 pts
5
November 08, 2014

Critic Reviews (3)

Michael Godel
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Michael Godel

The 2012 Cabernet Franc needed six further months for the high-toned fruit to settle just enough for the spiced...

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David Lawrason
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David Lawrason

The bottle shown in the media preview was not the Dolomite label. This is a gently juicy, just vaguely sweet young...

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John Szabo, MS
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John Szabo, MS

Cave Spring's 2012 Dolomite cabernet franc is very ripe yet still retains some of the wintergreen and herbal pleasure...

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Community Reviews (2)

Larry Isaacson
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Michael Loken
Michael Loken

This wine presented with sour cherry on the nose, and a generous amount of oak. When tasted against other Cabernet Francs in the same price range from Ontario, it just came up a bit short.

Tasted blind at a Beefsteak & Burgundy Club event, April 2015.

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