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Colio 2002 Select Late Harvest Cabernet Franc
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Date added;:	13.Oct.2007
Author :	Michael Pinkus

Description For a late harvest this wine is not overly sweet – in fact, it has an oddly surprising dry sensation somewhere in the midpoint to the finish. A lovely raspberry nose invites the drinker in to it’s embrace – and makes you believe that it is a genuine teeth-rotter with sweetness to spare. Your first sip and it hits you right away - an unmistakably sweet raspberry taste, then as the wine makes it’s way through the mouth the tartness of raspberries hits the back palate … ending on a surprisingly pseudo-dry note – which tips the scale from sweet to almost dry. Well-balanced enough to keep everyone interested to the last drop. As someone during the tasting pointed out “it’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing”. The easy crisp finish makes this one an essential recommendation for dessert of even apparatif; a cab franc on a whole new level.

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Varietal / Grape Cabernet Franc

Region Lake Erie North Shore

Winery Colio

Year 2002

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