Tranche Cellars Blue Mountain Vineyard Cabernet Franc 2011
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The 2011 Cabernet Franc Blue Mountain Estate Vineyard spent 22 months in a combination of new and used oak. It offers classic Cab Franc herbal, peppery, smoked earth and darker, chocolatey fruit in a medium+-bodied, balanced, nicely made style. It’s outstanding, and given the more difficult vintage, a solid wine that should evolve nicely.
Throughout our Estate Vineyards, we cultivate a diverse collection of some of the world’s most interesting grape varietals. We practice only sustainable viticulture, meticulously hand farming each block, producing very low yields of intense fruit.
The grapes native to France’s Rhone Valley are destined to our "Slice of Pape" program, our homage to the wines of the Southern Rhone Valley. Slice of Pape, Slice of Pape Blanc, and Pink Pape (our dry rosé) are each blends from these traditional varietals and reflect our best effort to articulate these classic styles in the New World.