Le Rocher des Violettes Touraine Cabernet Franc 2016 Size::1 Bottle cedar and a finely judged

cedar and a finely judged touch of oak add detail without overt influence

opening with hints of lily of the valley

Here's a wine of incomparable nobility and length with pulpy and delicate flesh

Overall very good

Sourcing: Fruit from the Gers region

Le Rocher des Violettes Touraine Cabernet Franc 2016 Size::1 Bottle cedar and a finely judged100% Cabernet franc from 3 plots of vines totaling just 1 hectare of vines averaging around 40 years old. The grapes for this wine are de stemmed before crushing and then vinified lwith daily pump overs and gentle punching down. Ageing is done in barrels of one to three years old for 20 months and the resulting wine is remarkably perfumed fresh and bright giving a violet perfume so typical of the very best Cabernet franc with fine silky tannins and