90
points
Cuda Ridge Wines 2008 Cabernet Franc (Livermore Valley)
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$28
Another Livermore Valley producer to watch, Cuda Ridge has fashioned a varietally textbook Cab Franc here, with an intensely woody, herbal nose. Medium-bodied, with tannins that are integrated and ready to soften, this Cab Franc, barrel-aged for 18 months, is really, really good, and ready to age another 3–5 years.
— V.B.
(10/1/2011)