Winemaker Notes
The Haut de la Butte cuvee comes from the perfectly exposed upper slope on a unique clay and silex top-soil over a bed of limestone. The fruit here is bright, pure and very expressive, offering deep and complex flavors of black berry/cherry fruit and minerals.
Professional Ratings
-
James Suckling
Perfumed with notes of spiced cherries, forest berries, warm earth, crushed peppercorns and stones. Medium-bodied with finely grained tannins. Textural with a dense core of succulent berries, herbs and spices mingling at the center. Harmonious structure with a vibrant, developing finish. Drink or hold.
Cabernet Franc, a proud parent of Cabernet Sauvignon, is the subtler and more delicate of the Cabernets. Today Cabernet Franc produces outstanding single varietal wines across the wine-producing world. Somm Secret—One of California's best-kept secrets is the Happy Canyon appellation of Santa Barbara. Here Cabernet Franc shines as a single varietal wine or in blends, expressing sumptuous fruit, savory aromas and polished tannins.
On the north bank of the Loire Valley in the western end of the greater Touraine region, Bourgueil makes a sturdy and aromatic Cabernet Franc.
SRKFRJBU0221_2021 Item# 1760269