Waipara West Cabernet Franc

Dark garnet. Aroma of cream, blackberry, vanilla. Flavours of blackcurrant, capsicum, more vanilla, ginger and cinnamon. Think it needs more bottle age, but superb.

New Zealand London Annual Trade Tasting (Lindley Hall, Royal Horticultural Halls) : Spicy, red cherries, berrues, floral notes, some pyrazine notes, palate is juicy, red and black fruit, some stalky bits, peppery, nice

New Zealand London Annual Trade Tasting (London) : The wine shows density in the nose, filled with red fruit, green bell pepper, a few spicy notes of oak, seems fuller from the 2014. In the palate the wine is again bigger, with ripe red and black fruit, nice oak frame, high acidity, 14.5% alc, medium body and finish