RKS 2024 Wine: Featherstone’s Canadian Cabernet Franc

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Not willing to speak in absolutes but chances are a Cabernet Franc from Ontario seldom steers you off the cliff but don’t let me be your GPS on this! We try a Featherstone 2020 Cabernet Franc from Ontario’s Niagara region. 2129 cases mean an ample supply for domestic consumption.5% Merlot in the blend. Aged in 25% new American oak and 75% in 1–4-year-old American oak barrels.

Aroma: Black fruits rule the roost particularly black cherry and blackberry. Some dark blue plum, black licorice with some almost imperceptible vanilla.

Palate: Blackberry and black cherry bordering on juicy if not tart. A medium bodied wine with a longish finish that amps up tartness a bit.

Personality: I am a lip smacker.

Food Match: Rabbit stifado.

Cellarbility: Drink by 2025-year end. Decanting now allows a bit more American oak to seep in. I venture to say any more new American oak would dumb down the wine like some Washington State Merlot!

Price: $22.

RKS 2024 Wine Rating: 91/100. Dean Tudor 92.

(Featherstone Estate Winery 2020 Cabernet Franc, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Featherstone Estate Winery, Vineland, Ontario, 750 mL, 12.5%).

Published by Robert K Stephen (CSW)

Robert K Stephen writes about food ,drink, travel, film, and lifestyle issues. He also has published serialized novels "Life at Megacorp", "Virus # 26, "Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog" and "The Penniless Pensioner" Robert was the first associate member of the Wine Writers’ Circle of Canada. He also holds a Mindfulness Certification from the University of Leiden and the University of Toronto. Be it Spanish cured meat, dried fruit, BBQ, or recycled bamboo place mats, Robert endeavours to escape the mundane, which is why he has established this publication. His motto is, "Have Story, Will Write."

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