Lastly, the 2018 Cabernet Franc Helios Sunbasket Vineyard offers a beautiful bouquet of redcurrants, black cherries, loamy earth, dried tobacco, and a floral-like character to go with a medium to full-bodied, elegant, seamless style on the palate. I love its mid-palate depth, its tannins are polished, and it has terrific overall balance as well as outstanding length. This is another classic wine from this estate with loads to love.

A really pretty cabernet franc with currant, black cherry and mint. Medium-bodied with firm tannins and a pretty finish. Linear and very fine. Fresh and very pretty.

Cathy Corison makes such beautiful cabernet franc from her Sunbasket Vineyard. The 2018 Helios comes in at 13.5 percent alcohol and delivers beautiful aromatic precision and complexity in its blend of sweet dark berries, cassis, cigar ash, dark soil tones, violets, a touch of tobacco leaf, cedar and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and very elegant in profile, with a more transparent personality than the cabernet sauvignon from this vineyard, a lovely core of fruit, fine-grained tannins and a long, poised and nascently complex finish. This is outstanding wine in the making! 93+