Terra Valentine, Cabernet Franc, Spring Mountain District

Terra Valentine · California › Spring Mountain District › United States of America

Red · Cabernet Franc

Critics

91 /100

Reviews

professional

Vintages

No vintages

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Community Reviews

Reviews

91.4

Avg Score

Highest

Past it’s prime.

2011 vintage

Popped & poured. Nice freshness and a delicious wine. Great price point.

2015 vintage

Decanted for 30 minutes. Closed nose but viscous on the mouth with dark fruit flavors and a medium long balanced finish. This is a great value wine if you like cab francs that you should keep in your cellar

2009 vintage

This boy is ready to drink now. Really good.

2009 vintage

Green pepper notes that transform to a beautiful and seductive cherry cola note, with tobacco accents and red currents. Tremendous wine for the vintage from a vineyard source that is now owned by the Jackson family for their LOKOYA Spring Mtn. Appellation Cab. Great juice!

2011 vintage

Very pretty purple color. Berries on entry—blueberry seems to provide sweetishness and blackberry seems to provide jamminess. There are, also, some plum flavors. Some still very serious tannin—that seems to be a signature characteristic of Spring Mountain red wines--but I’m liking it. Tannin, understandably, causes some “roughness” way in the rear palate. A quite full-bodied wine.

2009 vintage

Amazing flavor. Full and lush. One of the best Cab Francs I've ever tasted.

2011 vintage

Opened up very nicely after half an hour.

2009 vintage

Has aged nicely. Smooth yet slightly tannic so it goes well with food

2009 vintage

See prior notes

2009 vintage

This has gotten better with age. Smooth clean and well balanced, with lots of red fruit and a bit of smokiness. Decent medium finish.

2009 vintage

See prior notes. Has evolved nicely

2009 vintage

Wow has this matured nicely. Enjoy

2009 vintage

Clean, med purple color Clean nose, med intensity, red fruit, some smokiness, developed wine Dry, med acid, med+ tannin, med + alcohol, med intensity, med + finish. Red fruit = cherry, red currant, oak presence. Nice but believe is it at its peak.

2009 vintage

Time has made this even better. Dark fruits with a tight finish that lasts

2009 vintage

Reached its peak after 3 hours of being open. Deep ruby color with great fruit on the nose and palate. Balanced tannins, medium finish.

2009 vintage

My friend Mr B will like this. Non overpowering hints of blueberry with a lasting finish Cellaring has treated this well

2009 vintage

smelled and tasted terrible

2009 vintage

Tannins overwhelmed the body of work. Would let it cellar at least a few more years..

2009 vintage

If you wanted to capture Spring Mountain in a bottle, this would be it. Blueberry pie and graham crackers on the nose. A big full mouth of dark berry juice that is smooth and textured. Tons of chalk in the mouth and very well balanced.

2009 vintage

Possibly the smoothest Cab Franc I've ever had.

2009 vintage

This wine is elegant and sumptuous with loads of jammy dark cherries and blackberries with some cassis. It has a beautiful silky palate feel and finishes long.

2009 vintage

Whoa, let this guy breath for thirty minutes and he's marvelous. Even better the second night.

2009 vintage

Score likely goes higher with aging. Very dense and full of power. Just needs time to evolve..

2009 vintage