Winery Merriam Vineyards - Windacre Vineyard Cabernet Franc

Winery Merriam VineyardsWindacre Vineyard Cabernet Franc

4.1
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Windacre Vineyard Cabernet Franc of Winery Merriam Vineyards is a red wine from the region of Russian River Valley of California.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Windacre Vineyard Cabernet Franc of Winery Merriam Vineyards in the region of California often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Merriam Vineyards's Windacre Vineyard Cabernet Franc.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Last vintages of this wine

Windacre Vineyard Cabernet Franc - 2011
In the top 100 of of Russian River Valley wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Windacre Vineyard Cabernet Franc - 2010
In the top 100 of of Russian River Valley wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Windacre Vineyard Cabernet Franc - 2009
In the top 100 of of Russian River Valley wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Windacre Vineyard Cabernet Franc - 2008
In the top 100 of of Russian River Valley wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Windacre Vineyard Cabernet Franc from Winery Merriam Vineyards are 2009, 2011, 2010, 2008

Informations about the Winery Merriam Vineyards

The winery offers 28 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Russian River Valley in the region of California

The Winery Merriam Vineyards is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Russian River Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine California
In the top 20000 of of United States wines
In the top 3000 of of Russian River Valley wines
In the top 70000 of red wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of Russian River Valley

The wine region of Russian River Valley is located in the region of Sonoma County of California of United States. We currently count 1018 estates and châteaux in the of Russian River Valley, producing 2892 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Russian River Valley go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of California

California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.

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The word of the wine: Over-ripeness

Characteristic of grapes harvested late, rich in sugar, which give wines often mellow and marked by candied aromas.

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