Stats
- Grapes: 100% Cabernet Franc
- Vineyard: Sommerville
- Vine Age: 40-years-old
- Soil Type: Grey and and red mottled alluvial clay
- Viticulture: Practicing organic
- Fermentation: Native — open-top stainless-steel fermenters
- Aging: 5 months in barriques followed by 5 months in concrete eggs on top of Dead Ohio Sky rosé lees
- Alcohol: 12.5%
- pH: 3.58
- Total Acidity: 6.21 g/L
- Total SO2: 18 ppm
- Total Production: 150 cases
Tasting Notes
The palate is plush and fruit forward, with main actors of blue fruits and cassis, and a supporting role of potpourri. The tannins are chewy, but the finish is soft. This is easy drinking.
Press & Reviews
James Suckling
92
"This is delicious. Mid-weighted, highly aromatic and almost balletic, such is its energy and trajectory of flavors. Licorice root, blackcurrant, tomato leaf, mint and chilli. While there is an obvious carbonic effect, evident from the purple pastille and floral notes, there are admirable tannins, too, following elevage in a concrete egg. A nourishing experience of considerable intrigue. Possibly the best wine at this address. Drink or hold."
- Ned Goodwin, MW
- Ned Goodwin, MW
Halliday Wine Companion
92
"This is delicious. Mid-weighted, highly aromatic and almost balletic, such is its energy and trajectory of flavours. Licorice root, blackcurrant, tomato leaf, mint and chilli. While there is an obvious carbonic effect manifest in purple pastille and floral notes, there are admirable tannins, too, following élevage in a concrete edge. A nourishing experience of considerable intrigue. Perhaps the best wine at this address."
- Ned Goodwin, MW
- Ned Goodwin, MW