2018 Acorn Cabernet Franc Alegría Vineyards

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  4/11/2023 - Neecies Likes this wine:

  My contribution. Didn't stand out as New World let alone Californian even in an all-Loire tasting, especially after the brutal COR it followed.

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  4/1/2023 - Bjweiss Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Love the producer here, and this wine is great. Red fruited, medium body, with the franc hallmarks that make it special. Not overly green, but well balanced. Definitely not an over extracted hot mess which is all too common for California cab franc. This one really hits the perfect balance. Only complaint would be that the alcohol, while not high, wasn’t as integrated or seamless as I’d hope. But it’s a small gripe, I’d happily buy this again.

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  2/9/2023 - Neecies Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Although no one else has written a TN on this wine, it somehow has a collective score of 89.2 points. Curious on what basis someone finds fault with this--not extracted? No heavy oak influence? Doesn't have the weight of a cabernet sauvignon? Modest alcohol? All of that is exactly what I love about it. It's medium-bodied and graceful, equally at home as a sipper or with food, with lacey complexity from the field blend mix of other grapes, many of which are white, that were vinified with 11 clones of CF. Similar in body to many pinot noirs, it's a red wine that's actually refreshing (unlike the plodding Mercer Malbec that was also on the table).

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