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Reserve Cabernet Franc 2020

Reserve Cabernet Franc 2020

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  • Range: Trade & Media
  • Varietal: Cabernet Franc
  • Vintage: 2020
  • Region: Hawke's Bay

VITICULTURE
The fruit was sourced from our Gimblett Road vineyard. This vineyard is very stony and free draining, with very little topsoil. Planted in 2011, the clone is Entav 678 on rootstock 3309. The vines are trained using two cane vertical shoot positioning. The 2020 growing season was long, dry and hot, with particularlysettled weather in the Autumn. This allowed the development ofbeautiful fruit flavours and ripe tannins.
WINEMAKING
The fruit was machine harvested at 23.6 brix, fully destemmed and crushed into a stainless-steel fermenter. The cap was managed with air rummaging during fermentation and the skins had a long post ferment maceration. Total time on skins was four weeks. The wine was then gently pressed, hard pressings were excluded. After completing MLF in tank, the wine was racked into French oak barriques for 12 months maturation. 20% of the barrels were new. The wine got a light egg white fining and filtration pre-bottling.
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TASTING NOTES
Reserve Cabernet Franc 2020
Deep ruby in colour, this wine is ripe and concentrated with vibrant aromas of cedar, dark chocolate, blackberry and fine herbs. The palate is rich with fine, mouthcoating tannins, juicy acidity and a long, soft and complex finish.
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Cellar potential

This full-bodied wine will soften and gain complexity for at least
ten years from vintage.

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Alcohol percentage

14.4%

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Residual sugar

<1 g/L

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Acidity

6.0

REGION

REGION REGION

Hawke’s Bay

Located on the east coast of the North Island, Hawke's Bay wine region is one of the warmest winegrowing regions in New Zealand. The long and warm growing season provides for excellent ripening conditions and full flavour development.

New Zealand Winegrowing

Central to the success of New Zealand as a world-renowned wine growing region is the temperate maritime climate and the free-draining alluvial soils.

The growing season is long, providing perfect conditions for slow ripening and full flavour development. Cool nights and warm days retain fruit acidity which lends a freshness and vibrancy, highly characteristic of New Zealand wine styles.

Soils

Gravel beds, free-draining alluvial soils and stony terraces.

Growing season

Warm and dry delivering intense and characterful wines.

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