Cabernet Franc Rosé
Eola Springs Cabernet Franc Rosé
The Wine
Inspired by the Cabernet Franc Rosés of Domaine Guiberteau, we were thrilled to have the opportunity to work with some of the sparse Willamette Valley-grown Cabernet Franc vines for the first time in 2024. The cool marine air blowing into the neighborhood at Eola-Springs Vineyard ensured a later harvest date with patient development of flavors, retention of fresh acidity and promotion of spicy/floral aromatics. This rose is both delightful and serious. Chill it and crush it, day or night. Or cellar it for 5+ years with development of increasingly pronounced perfume and nuanced texture.
The Vineyard
Wine Notes:
Harvested early morning on October 8, 2024
Limited pre-fermentation skin maceration for a kiss of color
Fermentation in stainless tank with no malolactic fermentation and good retention of naturally-dissolved CO2
On lees 4 months, then delicately filtered and bottled without fining on March 4, 2025
Paired Album
This album is a bossa nova masterpiece by one of it's seminal composers. This album is no joke. Few records are as simultaneously energetic and chill. Wave is superior dinner party music and beyond fun to listen to. We feel, a perfect pairing to this 2024 Cabernet Franc Rosé. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave, 1967.
