2023
Cabernet Franc
Middleburg AVA · Estate Grown · 100% Cabernet Franc
2023 was one of the driest growing seasons Virginia wine country has ever seen. The result was concentrated, complex fruit with naturally preserved acidity, a vintage that made the winemaker’s job a pleasure and the wine’s potential exceptional.
8.4 tons of handpicked fruit were fermented in nine individual one-ton lots using a combination of inoculated, controlled native, and spontaneous fermentations. A 21-day extended maceration followed primary fermentation to deepen structure and refine the tannins. The wine then aged for 20 months in a blend of 80% French and 20% American oak, incorporating new, once- and twice-filled, and neutral barrels, building layers of complexity rooted in both site and season.
