Tranche Cellars Blue Mountain Vineyard Cabernet Franc 2011
Cabernet Franc
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Robert
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Product Details
Varietal
Producer
Vintage
2011
Size
750ML
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Winemaker Notes
Floral and herbaceous on the nose, with delicate aromas of rose petal, lavender and wildflowers above layers of dried redcurrant, wild fig and lignified wood. A soft entry to the palate is followed by an immediate weight and density in the mouth with rich flavors of raspberry, leather and thyme. Herbaceous notes of eucalypt, cedar and tomato bush combine with dusty mouth-filling tannins to make this a truly striking Cabernet Franc.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2011 Cabernet Franc Blue Mountain Estate Vineyard spent 22 months in a combination of new and used oak. It offers classic Cab Franc herbal, peppery, smoked earth and darker, chocolatey fruit in a medium+-bodied, balanced, nicely made style. It’s outstanding, and given the more difficult vintage, a solid wine that should evolve nicely.
At the base of Washington's Blue Mountain Estate Vineyard sits Tranche Cellars, where the bucolic town of Walla Walla blends into the gentle mountains forming the eastern border of the Walla Walla Valley.
Throughout our Estate Vineyards, we cultivate a diverse collection of some of the world’s most interesting grape varietals. We practice only sustainable viticulture, meticulously hand farming each block, producing very low yields of intense fruit.
The grapes native to France’s Rhone Valley are destined to our "Slice of Pape" program, our homage to the wines of the Southern Rhone Valley. Slice of Pape, Slice of Pape Blanc, and Pink Pape (our dry rosé) are each blends from these traditional varietals and reflect our best effort to articulate these classic styles in the New World.
YNG203616_2011 Item# 163184