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Description
Winemakers Hunter and Elizabeth Smith source the grapes for this Cabernet Franc from their organically-farmed Isolation Ridge vineyard.
The gravelly soils here really bring out the best of Bordeaux varieties like Cab Franc, showing off its signature minerality and savouriness, backed up with plenty of plush fruit. Frankland Estate is known for crafting wines that straddle the border between the old world and the new, and this is no exception.
It sees ten months of ageing in old 500L oak casks, and is bottled unfiltered and unfined.
95 points
"One of my favourite cabernet francs thanks to the powdery, fine tannins, its flavour profile and the sheer joy that comes from drinking it. It’s refined and elegant with raspberry leaf and rooibos tea aromas; it’s also earthy with pencil shavings, remember those? Savoury through and through and the finish lingers long."
- Jane Faulkner (Halliday Wine Companion)
94 points
"A wonderful expression of Franc."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
