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2024 CABERNET FRANC
Lamb's Quarters Vineyard
Dry Red Table Wine
103 cases produced
Grape: 100% Cabernet Franc
Alcohol: 12.1%
Total sulfite addition: 55 ppm
Ingredients: Grapes, yeast, sulfite
Hand harvested: October 17th
Crushed with 50% stem inclusion
24 days on skins
Neutral French and American oak barrels for 12 months
Unfined and unfiltered
Farming: New York State Certified Sustainable
Vineyard: Lamoreaux Landing - Seneca Lake - Lodi - west facing, gentle slope
Soil: Honeoye Silt Loam and Lansing Gravelly Loam over shale
Note: Ripe raspberry, oak spice, wet concrete, sweet raspberry fruit, juicy with a powdery
shale mouthfeel and firm tannin.
Elevage: Grapes were crushed into a bin with 50% stem inclusion and left to ferment with
once daily punchdowns. After twenty-four days the grapes were pressed and settled juice
was moved to old French and American oak barrels to complete fermentation, including full
malolactic, which finished in early-summer 2025. In October the wine was racked off its
lees and bottled without fining or filtration.
Miscellaneous: Perfectly ripened Finger Lakes cabernet franc raised in very old French and
American oak. The fruit is sweet and full, the tannins emerge after a few hours of air and the
shale finish reminds us we're in New York. As good a cabernet franc as we will ever make.
Drink over several days.
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