Yields for Cabernet Franc in 2018 were low, so there is less of the 2018 Appellation San Carlos Cabernet Franc, but the style goes back to the style of the 2016 more than the 2017, with very good freshness and very good integration of the oak, which is quite transparent and lets the character of the cool place come through in a more precise way. It's easily identifiable as Cabernet Franc, it's integrated and it makes you salivate. 18,750 bottles produced. It was bottled in October 2018.

Bright ruby-red. Slightly medicinal aromas of black cherry, bitter chocolate, licorice, violet and herbs, plus a soupçon of leather. Concentrated, densely packed and classically dry, conveying an almost chocolatey ripeness as well as a faint varietally typical herbal nuance. This wine doesn't yet show quite the personality or floral lift of the 2017 version but it's ripe and nicely balanced, finishing with a broad dusting of fine tannins.