92 - The Wine Advocate

it did not take long for us to feel the power and structure of the vintage

The wine lingers with persistence over the elongated finish

blue and black fruits appear here with a constellation of fresh herbs

2023 Kobayashi Cabernet Franc Lodi 92 - The Wine AdvocateMax 2 bottles per costumer. Our cab franc rests on a wavelength despised and avoided by other winemakers in our region which makes me lean in even more. We want to preserve the 'cab franc i ness'; we want fresh cut herbs; we want savory spice. Cab franc is one of the most distinctive grape varieties, why wouldn't we want to embrace that? Slow cool fermentation and aging in foudre and large neutral French oak puncheons. Unmistakable natural beauty with