Dos Puentes 'Gran Summit' Cabernet Franc Uco Valley, 2018 Argentina Craven Wines along with hints of savory

along with hints of savory herbs

hot stones and graphite

The long and expressive finish makes me think of waves crashing over a rocky shoreline

which exhibits a soft mouth feel and offers notes of banana that is well balanced with the gentle umami of sake rice to match beautifully with the fall season

that would result in pushing the wine into a jam or green vegetable character

Dos Puentes 'Gran Summit' Cabernet Franc Uco Valley, 2018 Argentina Craven Wines along with hints of savoryThis cabernet franc comes from a block grafted onto merlot in 2008 in the Bridges family's Los Sauces Vineyard. It was aged for 18 months in barrels, and that effect is evident in the notes of sweet spices, but most of all it shows the varietal character, the herbal, almost menthol, notes in a cold zone within Uco. The texture is nervy and built from very firm, tense tannins with a lot of sharpness. A franc from calcareous soils that usually give this