2013 Pride Mountain Cabernet Franc Napa/Sonoma
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The 2013 Cabernet Franc (83% Cabernet Franc, 10% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon aged 18 months in about 40% new French oak) is a beauty. It is not the biggest wine, by any means, and in 2015 it is still showing a certain austerity, but some nice, spicy, new saddle leather notes intermixed with forest floor, roasted herbs and red and blue fruits are present in this medium-bodied, slightly tight and coiled, but complex, lighter style of Cabernet Franc. Drink it over the next decade.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2013 Cabernet Franc is fabulous. Dark red cherry, plum, smoke, spice, menthol, mocha and new leather are all super-expressive in the glass. Rich, sumptuous and varietally expressive, the 2013 hits all the right notes. The Franc is one of the hidden jewels in the range, not to mention a hugely positive surprise in this range. (AG)