Ooh dude. I love a rich/full Cab Franc. The Chinon-style are elegant and lovely, but a bold American one just takes me to another level. Better than most Cabernet Sauvignon (in my opinion), especially at any given price point (thatās just a fact) š·
How long have you been making a Cabernet franc? I donāt remember seeing it before!
What sort of oak treatment does it see?
This one has me REALLY excited.
I did a 2020 Cab Franc and most people considered that to be my best wine (outside of Pinot) from that vintage. I wouldn't be surprised to have that happen again from the 2021
Thatās awesome, man. Iām starting to think it might be time (letās be honest itās way overdue) to acquire a few bottles and start building my Peony Lane stackā¦
Couple questions:
- was the 2020 cab franc your first vintage of it (and do you have any left)?
- depending on the first question, is there any chance of procuring a 2 (or more) vintage vertical?
- how do you handle shipping during these hot AF summer months?
no there are 'none' left of the 2020 (my first vintage of it) but I could see about finding a bottle that slipped through the cracks. would be cool to get you a vertical. I do have a 2022 cab franc, but don't wanna send out wine that isn't ready.
I just make sure to ship on Mondays so that the wine doesn't get stuck in a warehouse and I haven't had any issues. that said, it's super easy for me to take an order and just mark it to be held until it's cooler
Sweeeeet š¤
Agree with you re: waiting on the ā22. Wouldnāt want to rush development by waking a sleeping baby.
I saw you also added some cool new bottling since I last checked your site. āSovereign Blancā looks dope. Might need a little mix-and-match with a Tempranillo and a Pinot.
I think hold-to-ship is the right move at the moment but will check the weather for the week, maybe next week.
So yeah man if you do have any of the 2020 CF, I would definitely like to snag some 20 & 21. You can count on a tasting note write-up here on nostr post-indulgence š¤š·
