Found May 2013
I visited Featherstone earlier in the week and made the decision to try my oldest bottle of Featherstone wine, which just happened to be this 2003 Cabernet Franc. I want to tell you it was lovely. I want to tell you it held up so well that I was shocked. I want to tell you that 2003 is a better year than we give it credit for ... but unfortunately I can't say any of that. The wine isn't horrible - that's the best thing I can say ... in fact it's not bad and tolerable, but it lacks any depth or elegance, it's a one note pony (to steal from a few phrases). It's leafy and herbaceous with some smoky dried tobacco leaf on the nose. Palate has some bitter coffee notes from the get go, goes to dry and smoky tobacco leaf and settles into something leafy with a little tannin. It's not a great wine, it's definitely drinkable but it's not going to be your favourite old wine and by the two hour mark it's very nondescript and not very appealing.
Lost & Found Rating: Tolerable
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