About this wine
This wine was handpicked from Sawmill Creek Vineyards on October 28, 2021. Our vineyard team rigorously hand sorted the grapes while picking. Following this, it went onto our sorting table for a second time where the winemaking team sorted every cluster by hand, selecting the ripest and cleanest fruit given to us in the harvest. The fruit was crushed into a tank where it was allowed to ferment for 3 weeks. The wines were pumped over twice daily to increase color and tannin extraction. Following fermentation, it was pressed into a combination of new and used French oak barrels. The wine rested in elevage for 10 months before being bottled in the summer of 2022.
Suggested Food Pairings
Roasted lamb, eggplant parmesan, sous vide duck breast, and roasted pork.
Wine Details
Vintage Notes
The winter leading into 2021 was mild, leading to reduced bud damage and a large crop. The vintage started with an early bud break and bloom. The vintage was warm through the summer, leading to an early start of harvest on September 21st. High levels of rain through September and October made for more austere acid driven styles of wine through the vintage. This leads the whites from this vintage to age elegantly for the coming future. The reds are easy drinking, bright, fruit driven wines best enjoyed young.Roasted lamb, eggplant parmesan, sous vide duck breast, and roasted pork.
Vineyard & Soil
The vineyard was planted in 1990. Planted 1,200 feet from the lake, the vineyard provides a tension in the wine. The cool breezes off Seneca Lake in the summer provide a crisp, refreshing acidity in the wine. The steep 18% slopes increase sun exposure, giving this wine its weight and tannic profile. Cabernet Franc is planted on a deep Lansing Gravelly silt loam soil that sits on a mix of shale and limestone. The deep soils provide plenty of micronutrients to create a plush, ripe, food-friendly wine.
Tech Sheet
Composition
100% Cabernet Franc
Alcohol
12.1%
Harvest Brix
20.6
Total Acidity
4.87 g/L
Residual Sugar
1 g/L (0.1%)
pH
3.59
Cased Produced
375
Retail Price
$25
Dietary notes
Vegan, Gluten Free
Dietary notes
Vegan, Gluten Free
