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About Viader Vineyards & Winery
Since she released her first vintage in 1989, Delia Viader's flagship Proprietary blend has been an elegant, juicy, harmonious midweight whose sizable Cabernet Franc component contributes blackberry and licorice elements and a pronounced violet character to the core of Cabernet Sauvignon. According to Viader, her success comes from the terroir—a sunny spot at the foot of Howell Mountain—but we know it helps to have a bright mind calling the shots too.
2006 Viader Vineyards & Winery Cabernet Franc Dare Napa Valley
Producer: Viader Vineyards & Winery
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Cabernet Franc
Origin: California
Region: Napa
90 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2008
($40) Dark red. Spicy aromas of bitter cherry, flowers, licorice and menthol. Juicy and intense, with a creamy quality and lovely aromatic lift to its flavors of bitter cherry and flowers. Finishes perfumed and persistent, with rather suave tannins. A lovely cabernet franc bottling. (I preferred this wine to the drier '05, which I scored 90 points a year ago but 89 in March.)
