2013 SINGLE VINEYARD LIMITED CABERNET FRANC
Consumer $63/Club $49/Level 1 $45.50
Gorgeous color, aromas of light red fruits, savory strawberry, fresh basil, roasted pepper and a touch of vanilla spice. Soft on the palate with rich strawberry, raspberry, dried herbs, pepper and hint of cocoa powder.
Cellaring: As with all Red Mountain red wines, it should age well, probably peaking in 15 years, but still a great wine even at 20-30 years old.
Grapes are from Hedges Estate Vineyard, which is in the Red Mountain AVA and is biodynamically farmed. This wine was cold soaked overnight then inoculated with yeast, fermented for 7 days on skins while being pumped over twice daily before pressing to barrels, where it was inoculated with malo-lactic bacteria. It was 100% barrel aged for 12 months in 40% new oak consisting of 40% American and 40% French and 20% Hungarian.
Harvest notes: 2013 was another excellent vintage in Washington State, made slightly unusual by 80 plus temperatures in April and 90 plus temperatures in May. This uncommon early season heat caused bud break and growth to be early and rapid, exceeding average by about ten days. An average summer meant veraison and harvest began early, which led to ripe fruit throughout the state. Once again, “average” in Washington is everyone else’s “great”
| Vintage | 2013 |
| Varietal | Cabernet Franc |
| Varietal Composition | 100% Cabernet Franc |
| Appellation | Red Mountain |
| Vineyard | Hedges |
| Designation | Single Vineyard Limited |
| Acid | 5.6 g/l |
| PH | 3.83 |
| Alcohol | 13.50% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Bottling Date | 09/03/2014 |
| Cases Produced | 175 12 Pack Cases |
