A Bordeaux-style blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot, 3% Malbec, the 2013 Spring Valley Vineyard Frederic offers sumptuous fruit on the nose and palate. Twenty months in new French oak has further graced it with a balanced, well-integrated toast profile of vanilla and pencil shavings lending structure to a core of juicy, blackberry and black cherry, and plum. Nice persistence on the finish that unspools to reveal bay leaf and green peppercorn. 14.4% ABV | Sample
9.1 Points