St. Francis - Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma Valley Nuns Canyon Reserve 1999 (750ml) Cornas

St. Francis - Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma Valley Nuns Canyon Reserve 1999 (750ml) CornasThis is a very good wine, but a young one. It tastes immature now, with its brash, dusty tannins that hide the underlying plum, currant and herb flavors. Even with the softness of its acids, it calls for time in the cellar to open up its hidden treasures.

Alcohol by Volume 11

lively fruit

fine tannins and a polished

95 Owen Bargreen

then a flood of dark chocolate and blackberry jam that a firm layer of tannins keeps from being sweet

100% estate-owned Listán Negro macerated for 24 hours before pressing

Champagne Brut Réserve is a non-vintage champagne of great style and quality

Rich and structured

the balance of acidity and residual sugar give this wine a very pleasant drinkability

wine had traditionally been made in this manner for hundreds of years and was popular from the Middle Ages up to the end of the 19th Century

it is able to produce long lasting

a mélange of red and black fruit