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Cabernet Franc

Yountville Ranch Vineyard
Yountville, Napa Valley
$56.00 CLUB
1 of 6 Barrels

This is the first crop of Cabernet Franc from our Yountville Ranch Estate. Our first vintage is opaque purple, with aromas of mocha, black raspberry, baking spice and a graphite minerality. The finish is reminiscent of chocolate covered cherries, strawberry fruit leather and sweet tobacco.

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Bottle shot of Yountville Ranch Cabernet Franc

Wine Specs

vintage

2021

Bottling Date

August 2023

Release Date

September 2025

Alcohol %

14.9

Acid

6.9 g/L

pH

3.46

Varietal Composition

82% Cabernet Franc
13% Cabernet Sauvignon

Fermentation

100% Stainless Steel
10 Days Skin Contact

Aging

16 Months in French Oak
50% New

Vineyard Notes

  • Yountville AVA, Napa Valley
  • 100% Estate Grown: Yountville Ranch Vineyard
  • Certification:
    100% NAPA GREEN LAND
    100% NAPA GREEN WINERY
  • Clones: 214
  • Soils: Bale Loam
  • Harvest Date: October 16, 2021

 

“I remind myself repeatedly while walking the rows – ‘let it hang’ – to make the best wine I can. This wine has young-vine enthusiasm that charms while being a bit unruly. A few years of bottle age will do this wine right.”

KIMBERLEE NICHOLLS, WINEMAKER

Harvest Notes

  • The 2021 vintage will be remembered for low yields of intensely-aromatic, flavorful fruit, with a smooth and uneventful harvest season.
  • January and February saw rain, then almost no notable precipitation for flower, bloom and set.
  • Grapes ripened early and evenly during a summer with no heat spikes.