Calcu Tiny Blocks Gran Reserva Cabernet Franc 2020, Sustainable, Valle De Colchagua
Cabernet Franc
Colchagua Valley, Chile
$14.95 (35677)
Critic Reviews (2)
Really quite a sharp value cabernet franc here from Chile (with 3% Petit Verdot & 2% Carmenère), in the...
For $15 this offers very good cab franc character filtered through Argentina's warmer, drier lens. So it pours with...
Community Reviews (2)
Blend of 95% Cabernet Franc, 3% Petit Verdot, and 2% Carménère. It has a lovely, lifted, medium-high intensity nose of wet earth, mineral, dark fruited (blackberry, black cherry), minty herb & sweet tobacco aromas. On the dry, ripe, medium+ bodied palate it has lovely, elegant & balanced aroma replays of dark fruit, mineral, savoury wet earth, blackberry, black cherry & tobacco flavours w/ some spicy & herbal notes. Well-structured w/ very good acidity & grippy, structured & mouth puckering tannins. Minerally w/ dark fruit & tobacco notes linger on long, crisp, juicy finish. Tasted Feb. 2024.
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Certainly does not taste like Cab Franc to me, though most of those are cooler climate (Loire, Niagara). But this is a seriously good red wine, medium-full bodied, with complex red and black fruits, herbs and just a hint of wood. $15? What a steal! I think that this is the best value to come through Vintages in the last year. Drinking well now, but no rush. Tasted Mar 2024