RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Cabernet Franc Ontario’s Great Red Wine Strength: Does a 2027 Cellars Cabernet Franc Carry the Torch?

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If you can’t produce a top-notch Cabernet Franc in Ontario you might as well go home.

There were 366 cases of 2027 Cellars 2021 Cabernet Franc produced.

Aroma: On the head of the nail with bright cherry, black cherry, cocoa and cola.

Palate: Packs more of a punch than its tender aromas might suggest and its gloves are not hiding much tannin in them. Firm acidity makes it more of a with food wine than a sipper. Expect black cherry with a mouthwatering peppery finish and a smoothness if you give it a chance.

Personality: I am not a Brutus of a Cab Franc but perhaps a Pépé le Moko, wily and clever.

Food Match: Black bean-based burger of if you fear patty disintegration black bean meatloaf.

Cellarbility: Consume by 2026-year end.

Price: $25 CDN.

RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine Rating: 90/100.

(2027 Cellars Wismer Vineyard-Foxcroft Block 2021 Cabernet Franc, VQA Twenty Mile Bench, 750 mL, 13.2%).

P.S. No need for vintner Kevin Panagapka to go home. He should stay at the winery and make more than 366 cases next time.

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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