Medal score at the 2024 National Wine Awards of Canada. Tasted blind June 2024.

A dense, ripe nose of dark plum and blackberry, with hallmark Franc spice and dried herbs. Given the level of fruit...

Proper, if a bit smoky. Good fruit depth, black. Olives, wood noted, important but not obstructive. Maple syrup...

The highest tonality of cabernet francs anywhere and everywhere, wildly fragrant and to the edge of acceptable...