WTN: The Smith Story In Your Eyes

[David M. Bueker]

• 2019 Smith Story Cabernet Franc - USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Valley (7/12/2023)
  Mid-weight with a juicy core of deep red fruit, this is a well-mannered Cabernet Franc that has some spring to its step, while also carrying mid-palate weight. I liked the juxtaposition of elegance and richness, as it created a real sense of an old world grape that found a new world home, but had not forgotten its roots. Fun to drink now, it has the depth and structure for several years of aging.