Comments on: Erie Shore Cabernet Franc 2006 http://www.essexwinereview.com/2008/10/erie-shore-cabernet-franc-2006/ Reviewing 399 Wines From Lake Erie North Shore & Pelee Island Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:58:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gary Killops http://www.essexwinereview.com/2008/10/erie-shore-cabernet-franc-2006/#comment-554 Gary Killops Sun, 14 Nov 2010 00:18:23 +0000 http://www.essexwinereview.com/?p=188#comment-554 Digging around in my wine cellar I found one of these 2006 Cab Franc's from Erie Shore Vineyard. It has a bar code on the back so it must have been one of the bottles I picked up at the LCBO. I was a bit worried before opening this one. See, about a week ago I opened a few 2007 Cab Franc Reserve bottles that I had in my cellar and all had gone bad. I wasn't sure what the issue was with them so I had a few wine tasters that I know give me their thoughts. The conclusion was that it was a ripeness issue and that as the wine aged the fruits gave way to the greeness. Sad to say I still have some of these in my cellar and I am afraid they are now gone. The 2006 is a different story. It still has nice fruits and silky tannins. I am not sure it has a lot of time left so I am going to open what I have left and enjoy them over the next week or so. Digging around in my wine cellar I found one of these 2006 Cab Franc’s from Erie Shore Vineyard. It has a bar code on the back so it must have been one of the bottles I picked up at the LCBO.

I was a bit worried before opening this one. See, about a week ago I opened a few 2007 Cab Franc Reserve bottles that I had in my cellar and all had gone bad. I wasn’t sure what the issue was with them so I had a few wine tasters that I know give me their thoughts. The conclusion was that it was a ripeness issue and that as the wine aged the fruits gave way to the greeness. Sad to say I still have some of these in my cellar and I am afraid they are now gone.

The 2006 is a different story. It still has nice fruits and silky tannins. I am not sure it has a lot of time left so I am going to open what I have left and enjoy them over the next week or so.

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