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2007 Viader Vineyards & Winery Cabernet Franc Dare Napa Valley
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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.

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2007 Viader Vineyards & Winery Cabernet Franc Dare Napa Valley

Producer: Viader Vineyards & Winery
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Cabernet Franc
Origin: California
Region: Napa

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89-91 Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2009

Good full medium red. Perfumed aromas of red raspberry, currant and rose petal. Juicy, pretty red fruit flavors offer lovely inner-mouth aromatics and varietal character, but this youthfully tight wine also has a serious tannic spine to support at least several years of bottle aging. The building tannins dust the teeth.

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About Napa Valley

Napa Valley is the most famous wine-growing area in the U.S. It begins at the base of Mount St. Helena in the north and tapers off some 30 miles to the south into the floodplain where the Napa River enters San Francisco Bay. From Mount St. Helena to the city of Napa, the valley is defined by two north-south ridgelines of the Coast Range Mountains.
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Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the three principal varieties in Bordeaux, as well as being the dominant variety in the fine wines of the western Loire Valley. In Bordeaux's Left Bank, Cabernet Franc serves as a blending component adding aromatic complexity to the more muscular Cabernet Sauvignon. On the Right Bank, the grape is found in the clay soils of St. Emilion, where it...
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