Tasting notes:

When Paradise Rescued began its sustainability project in 2010, the Hourcat Sud block of Cabernet Franc was the only vineyard it owned. So, the company had no choice but to make a 100% Cabernet Franc. Originally named ‘Cloud 9’, the now organic brand has been renamed B1ockOne as the vintages began to create a ‘founders’ legacy’. Deepish ruby with a hint of garnet on the rim, the wine shows strawberry, raspberry and blue plum fruit with crushed rose petal and cedar wood. The mid-weight palate exhibits juicy fruit with brisk acidity, velvet tannins and a lengthy finish. Nicely integrated gentle vanilla oak adds dimension, suggesting a good match for artisanal exotic meat terrines or saucissons with cornichons on the side.(Patricia Stefanowicz MW)