Winemaker Notes
A rich, deep and complex wine that interprets what was a particularly warm and sunny year. The taste reveals a great balance due to a high natural acidity that gives a pleasant freshness and firmness.
Professional Ratings
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Jeb Dunnuck
As always, 100% Cabernet Franc spending 14 months in barrels, the 2019 Scipio pours a jeweled red color and has a lovely peppery spice that lifts from the glass along with notes of redcurrants, cedar, fresh forest herbs, rocky earth, and fresh flowers. The palate offers more tension and a snappy feel, with crunchy, ripe tannins, mouthwatering acidity, and a great, stony textured finish.
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Wine Enthusiast
The cool, earthy nose of damp soil, wet slate and black cherries gets a bolt of lightning and warmth from strong undercurrents of green and black pepper. On the palate, a dark chocolate element frames a continued waltz between black cherries, peppercorn and earth, creating a wine that’s lively and fresh, with a quiet depth.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Made with Cabernt Franc, the 2019 Scipio shows a vegetal quality with dried curry leaf, grilled herb and dark slate. You feel the grape in full, and the wine delivers rich generosity, soft texture with barbecued aromas and sweet spice. It is full-bodied, and the tannins are nicely managed.
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James Suckling
Inviting fruit with a twist of tomato leaf character to the currants, mineral, tobacco and fine spices. The pure, medium- to full-bodied palate unleashes tight and chalky tannins, driving the fruit to a subtle yet lengthy finish. Cabernet franc. Already delicious, but should develop additional complexity in the next three to four years.
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Wine Spectator
Leaning to the savory, herbaceous side, this red displays bell pepper, tobacco, black currant, violet and iron flavors. Firms up, with dense tannins on the finish. Best from 2026 through 2038.
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Vinous
The 2022 Yantra is a tasty, easygoing red to drink now and over the next few years. Crushed flowers, spice and mocha meld into a core of dense red cherry/plum fruit in this mid-weight offering.
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