A blend of 87% Cabernet Franc, 6% Petit Manseng, 4% Riesling, and 3% Blaufränkisch. Dark, a lot darker than what I expected given the vintage. The nose is like one of those chocolate covered cherries my mom used to eat. The fruit is so sweet it needs the chalky, ashiness and lavender accents to balance it. The smokey, wet charcoal mid palate nicely complemented by the dried rose petal finish. There’s an earthy depth that rounds out the finish, yet still leaves you with sweet red/black fruit. 152 cases produced.
FRUIT SOURCES
Baer Ridge Vineyard in Timberville, grower Jody Dodson; Great Valley Vineyard in Natural Bridge, grower Nathan Bailey; Rosedale Vineyard in Stuarts Draft, grower Bill Tonkins; Mount Airy Vineyard in Fort Defiance, growers Tim and Ben Jordan.
WINEMAKING
Co-fermented with 10% whole cluster with ambient yeasts. Aged for 10 months in neutral French 228L barrels. Bottled unfiltered July 2019.
CHEMISTRY
pH: 3.85
TA: 4.9 g/L
Free SO2 at bottling: 22 ppm
Alcohol: 12.6% abv
RS: 0.1 g/L
Malic Acid: 0.04 g/L
Acetic acid at bottling: 0.64 g/L
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