Palazzo, Cabernet Franc Vintage:2013 round and seductive texture

round and seductive texture

with a generous core of fruit that's girdled by racy acids and animated by a pillowy mousse

A complex if not especially fresh nose speaks of red cherry

the Prums were blessed this year with terrific quality but cursed with a dearth of material that could legitimately be bottled even as Spatlese let alone Kabinett

sage and cassis with air

Palazzo, Cabernet Franc Vintage:2013 round and seductive textureAnother of the profound Cabernet Francs from Scott Palazzo, and to me, one of the two best he has made to date (the other being the 2007) is the 2013 Cabernet Franc. When I tasted it, it had only been in bottle about five weeks, but it was locked and loaded. Dense purple, with notes of forest floor, incense, violets, black cherries and black raspberries, some foresty notes are also present. The wine is full bodied, opulent, with great acidity, vigor