Fans of fruit-forward wines will love this Cab Franc for its explosion of cherries, blackberries and blueberries. The flavors go on and on. Sweet in fruit, yet it finishes bone dry. Not an ager, but a beauty with salty pork or duck dishes.——S.H.(4/1/2012)—— 91

Super-tannic. You can taste the astringency of the grapeskins in the sandpapery mouthfeel, and some of those tannins probably come from oak, too. Under all that, you’ll find a rich vein of cherries, mainly red, with an infusion of red currants. Could age, although it doesn’t seem likely.——S.H.(8/1/2010)—— 87

Tastes a little sweet, which may be from the extremely high (15.4%) alcohol. There’s a soft, sugary mouthfeel to the pie-filling cherry and oak flavors. Firm tannins round out the picture. Not an ager.——S.H.(7/1/2008)—— 84