Varieties: 93% Cabernet Franc, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon
Location: St. Helena, Napa Valley, CA
Alcohol: 13.8%
This wine is modeled loosely on a Chinon - the great Loire Valley AOC famous for its highly drinkable Cabernet Franc – but there is also a sunniness in the wine that only California can offer. It’s an honest, very drinkable, and extremely delicious wine.
Native fermentation, 22 days on skins in stainless steel tanks. 20 months in French oak, 15% new barrels, minimal racking, minimal SO2 added. No fining or filtration.
Grown in Young Inglewood’s estate Certified Organic, low-input, regenerative vineyard on alluvial and gravelly loam soils. estate Certified Organic, low-input, regenerative vineyard on alluvial and gravelly loam soils.