Cabernet Franc Wine Over $100

Tasted at the Trotanoy vertical in Hong Kong the 2000 Trotanoy seems to be improving with age. It has an outstanding bouquet with far more fruit intensity than I anticipated: mulberry blackberry briary broom and white pepper all... Read More

This delivers a gorgeous beam of cassis plum reduction and black cherry puree flavors inlaid with a strident graphite edge. Violet sweet tobacco and anise accents form a suave backdrop with a late tug of iron. Shows serious juice.... Read More

One of Italy's best Cabernet Francs the Le Macchiole 2020 Paleo is very dense and richly concentrated with a level of dark fruit that can only be chipped at and broken down by slow cellar aging. Paleo is always a wine for... Read More

Slated for a September 2024 release Spottswoode's 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon comes across as more vibrant floral and fresh than the 2020. Violet and cassis notes are accented by hints of crushed stone and pencil shavings on the... Read More