Highly expressive Cabernet Franc in a fabulous vintage for the varietal. This is great, really great, properly great! It sings of Cabernet Franc in all its purity and sublime tension – it’s floral and wild and herbal, those lovely crunchy purple-blue shaded fruits popping in the mouth imparting a gloriously subtle and sapid cool freshness. Kalamata tapenade on the tongue. Graciously soft tannins reinforce the cool personality of the crystalline pure violet-tinged blueberry fruit. Really good – ‘better than you’d imagine’ good. I’ve never tasted a monocépage Cabernet Franc from either Pomerol or Lalande; this has me craving more.’ Colin Hay, 93