Longting Reserve Cabernet Franc 2021

Longting Reserve Cabernet Franc 202192 100 Zekun Shuai, JamesSuckling. com This shows coolness and elegance. Its peppery, with racy strawberries, red cherries, raspberries and touches of tobacco and sweet spices on the nose. Not the finest tannins, but this is crunchy and fresh, highlighting fluidity, linearity and length, with an extra briny finish. Longting is a heritage Chinese boutique winery, located on the eastern slop of Mount Feng in Penglai where is the northernmost in Shandong

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Zekun Shuai, JamesSuckling.com

This shows coolness and elegance. It’s peppery, with racy strawberries, red cherries, raspberries and touches of tobacco and sweet spices on the nose. Not the finest tannins, but this is crunchy and fresh, highlighting fluidity, linearity and length, with an extra-briny finish.

Longting is a heritage Chinese boutique winery, located on the eastern slop of Mount Feng in Penglai where is the northernmost in Shandong peninsula. Longting vineyard occupies 68 hectares, and half of the estate is dediated to vines. The vineyard is planted primarily to Petit Manseng, Marselan, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Petit Verdot and Vidal. Name ‘Longting’ embodies the essence of estate culture, comes from the owner’s deep perception of Chinese civilization. ‘Long’-dragon, is supreme symbol of Chinese nation. ‘Ting’-pavilion, is the shining point of traditional garden architecture and a place for visitors to hike and rest. There is a beautiful myth, dragon stayed in pavilion portend favorable weather and good harvest. ‘Reverence for Nature, Prime Quality, Happy Life, Pursuit of Goodness’ is Longting vineyard’s core philosophy. With the principle of the union among climate, terroir and man, it adopts biodynamic methods, to produce world-class organic fine wine with Chinese-style.