2013 Calcu Cabernet Franc Colchagua Valley Exotically perfumed scents of dark

Exotically perfumed scents of dark berries

and finishes with enough acid to give it lift and length

This is quite Burgundian in style

with more than 100-year-old ungrafted vines with extremely low yields--but highly aromatic berries that are as great as lentils--the 2014 Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling SpÌ_tlese feinherb Uralte Reben opens with a very deep

*Editors' Choice* The deep gold color of this relatively young wine suggests that oxidation is setting in

2013 Calcu Cabernet Franc Colchagua Valley Exotically perfumed scents of darkI had never tasted the Cab Franc, but they started in 2009. My first encounter was with the 2013 Cabernet Franc, which bears the subtitle Reserva Especial; it is a fresh and fruit driven, quite varietal and spicy effort, with freshly cracked black peppercorns and contained ripeness. The wine is quite transparent and focused. None of these wines are corrected in terms of acidity or alcohol, as they also want to express the zone from which they come.