Stratus Cabernet Franc 2021

A bowl of mixed berries is what you get with your first sniff of this wine, followed by a puff of orange-vanilla pipe tobacco smoke. You’ll find blueberry, lemon pith and massive balsa wood flavors on the leathery palate. The wine’s acidity is overshadowed by tannins as chewy as beef jerky. Score – 89. (Michael Alberty, Wine Enthusiast, July 1, 2024)