Favia Carbone Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
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Lots of blackberry and black olive-skin aromas with some purple fruit. Lead pencil, too. It’s medium-to full-bodied with chewy tannins at the back of the palate. Juicy and savory.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon is the successor to the 2019 Red Wine but contains just over 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, with the balance a mix of Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Aged in about one-third new French oak, it comes across as slightly less herbal than the 2019, with attractive shadings of cherries and mocha on the nose. In the mouth, it's medium to full-bodied and supple, perhaps a bit coarser in feel than the 2019, but it's open and generous. Drink it over the next several years.
Best After 2023
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Jeb
Dunnuck
Favia Erickson Winegrowers is a collaboration between Annie Favia and Andy Erickson. Their philosophy is simple: create soulful wines that express the true nature of the vineyards from which they come. Annie and Andy focus on finding unique vineyard sites with soils, climate and aspects ideal for growing exquisite wine grapes, and develop strong relationships with their winegrowers to perfect viticultural practices. In the winery, they carefully coax the grapes into wine. Gentle handling, minimal intervention, and strict monitoring of the wine allow our grapes to speak for themselves.
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