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Vitals

• Sugar Code: 0
• Alcohol: 12.0%
• Cases Produced: 118
• Release Date: November 2008

Notes from the Winemaker

• Vineyard Source: Estate
• Clone: 327 and 214
• Oak: 21 months
• Rootstock: Riparia and 3309
• Yield: 0.5 tonnes/acre
• Brix at Harvest: 21.8
• pH: 3.59
• TA: 6.0g/L
• Bottled: September 2008

Notes from a Taster

• Eye: Red brick hue with garnet core
• Nose: This is classic franc! Cocoa, coffee, pencil shavings, red currants, and herbaceous
• Palate: Matches the nose with red fruits on the mid-Palate with cocoa, coffee and barrel spice rounding out the wine.
• Body: Medium
• Acidity: Bright
• Alcohol Perception: Balanced
• Finish: Very long with notes of barrel spice and cocoa
• Drink: Now to 2014

Final Words

This is a very sexy Cabernet Franc. It is not as heavy or dark as its drought-spawned 2007 vintage sibling but is instead a delicate and medium bodied Franc with all the hallmarkings of a varietal classic.