Raats "Dolomite" Cabernet Franc

Raats "Dolomite" Cabernet Franc - 2018

Item # 39605 750mL
$19.96/ Single Bottle
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Color
Red
Vintage
2018
Country
South Africa
Region
Stellenbosch
Producer
Raats
Grape Variety
Cabernet Franc
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Tasting Notes

Made from younger vines (30 years old) and vinified in a combination of steel tank and French oak barrel. You'll find Red fruit and spice on the nose of this wine, along with herbaceous and floral notes.
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South Africa

South Africa is often lumped together, under some arbitrary umbrella heading, with the other wine-producing regions of the southern hemisphere - South America, Australia, New Zealand, etc. This does a severe injustice both to the fantastic wines of South Africa and to the wine consumer: the region is peerless in its harmonious synthesis of New and Old World winemaking styles. Wines lately coming...

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Cabernet Franc

Relegated to moderate obscurity in modern times, Cabernet Franc is in fact the proud parent of the attention-hogging Cabernet Sauvignon (after an illicit affair with Sauvignon Blanc a hundred-odd years ago). Cabernet Franc has remained close to its roots in France, enjoying small pockets of popularity primarily in the Loire Valley (specifically in Chinon), where it is often bottled as a varietal...

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