Winemaker’s Notes
A dark fruit driven Cabernet Franc with fragrant dark berry, black cherry and cocoa aromas that unfold on the expansive layered palate with black currant, cassis and blackberries filling the senses. A full-bodied, vivid wine with polished firm tannins and a long fresh finish.
Winemaking
The fruit was hand-harvested in the cool morning hours and brought to the winery in half-ton bins. The clusters were then sorted using a double sorting system. First, clusters were sorted by hand, then fruit was run through a small de-stemmer that removed stems from the grapes before the individual berries were sorted. This ensures the ideal grapes were chosen. Berries were fermented following a period of resting on skins. Warm fermentation temperatures were encouraged along with gentle cap maceration to achieve the desired color and structure for the wine before an extended maceration time on skins prior to pressing. The wine was transferred directly to barrel for 19 months of maturation.Eight percent of the sorted berries used in this blend was fermented in French oak barrels to add layers of complexity to the wine. After fermentation, the wine remained in those same barrels for aging.