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| Weight | 48 oz |
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| Dimensions | 20 × 13 × 2 in |
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Malatinszky, Noblesse Cabernet Franc, 2015
$42.90
Malatinszky Kúria, Villány Region
Like the entire Villány region, Csaba Malatinszky has been influenced and inspired by Bordeaux. Villány shares its major red grape varieties with Bordeaux, and he has traveled to France many times to gain knowledge from the region that has been so historically successful with these grapes. Malatinszky started planting Cabernet Franc—Villány’s flagship variety—in 2001. According to him, Cabernet Franc has always been present in Villány, but people didn’t know the difference between Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. “They didn’t know what Cabernet Franc was.” These days Cab Franc is the flagship grape that everyone loves in Villány. Aficionados of Bordeaux wines will love this 100 percent Cabernet Franc. It’s a deeply colored wine that changes in your glass as you sip it and sit with it. We recommend drinking it slowly, decanting or aerating it. Like this the tannins smooth out, and the nose turns from fruity to spicy. This is a serious wine—with a velvety and slightly oily texture, and very dry tannins. The flavors are complex, and evolve slowly—turning from rubbery, to dark chocolate, cherry, dried leaves, smoke, mushrooms, and Worcestershire sauce. There are intense forest fruits, coffee, cedar, and tobacco. This is an unfined wine, made only from the free-run juice, and matured in 500-liter Hungarian oak barrels for 15 months. This is a powerful wine from an excellent vintage. The dry, warm, and sunny conditions helped produce wines very suitable for aging. This wine will continue to evolve for many years to come. Malatinszky has been fully organic since 1999 (certified organic in 2009), and his wines are also vegan. This is a textbook wine to enjoy with grilled steak and potatoes.
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