The Wine
CEV Reserve Cabernet Franc 2007
Niagara Peninsula
13% abv
$20.75 Canadian
Colio Estate Wines
Harrow, Ontario, Canada
My Strength Rating: 4.5/5
If you live in the Detroit Metro area this makes a nice day trip to visit the winery. You can get there in less than an hour. I will be at the winery next weekend for their Ice Wine Festival. I’ll be posting the pictures then.
This wine has a deep ruby color with some ruby highlights. The nose is dark berries and spice.
The flavors are pleasing. Tart cherries, a blackberry bite, touch of oak and vanilla, a nice sweet cedar and spice to make things interesting, a mushroom earthiness, and I am going to have to say a plum note on the edges.
The mouthfeel seems a bit thin at times. The plum and mushroom like qualities gives the wine some softness. The tart cherry and blackberry bite gives some structure.
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