the Prince
2019 Cabernet Franc
GOLD and 94 Points - Press Democrat Wine Challenge April 2023
91 Points - Wine Enthusiast February 2022
100% Cabernet Franc, Dry Creek Valley.
Harvested cool and clean, fermented on native yeast in macro bins and aged 18 months in neutral oak. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with no added sulfur in April 2021. Full technical details here.
Not your typical Cabernet Franc. Earthy yet bright. Smooth tannins with a soft finish. Immediately likable.
Label artwork by my beloved Vanessa Ramirez, former Assistant Winemaker at Gustafson Family Vineyards and founder of Herbracadabra.
5% of sales donated to Corazon Healdsburg. Read my release email here.
75 cases produced. 13.8% ABV.
2019 Cabernet Franc
GOLD and 94 Points - Press Democrat Wine Challenge April 2023
91 Points - Wine Enthusiast February 2022
100% Cabernet Franc, Dry Creek Valley.
Harvested cool and clean, fermented on native yeast in macro bins and aged 18 months in neutral oak. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with no added sulfur in April 2021. Full technical details here.
Not your typical Cabernet Franc. Earthy yet bright. Smooth tannins with a soft finish. Immediately likable.
Label artwork by my beloved Vanessa Ramirez, former Assistant Winemaker at Gustafson Family Vineyards and founder of Herbracadabra.
5% of sales donated to Corazon Healdsburg. Read my release email here.
75 cases produced. 13.8% ABV.
2019 Cabernet Franc
GOLD and 94 Points - Press Democrat Wine Challenge April 2023
91 Points - Wine Enthusiast February 2022
100% Cabernet Franc, Dry Creek Valley.
Harvested cool and clean, fermented on native yeast in macro bins and aged 18 months in neutral oak. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with no added sulfur in April 2021. Full technical details here.
Not your typical Cabernet Franc. Earthy yet bright. Smooth tannins with a soft finish. Immediately likable.
Label artwork by my beloved Vanessa Ramirez, former Assistant Winemaker at Gustafson Family Vineyards and founder of Herbracadabra.
5% of sales donated to Corazon Healdsburg. Read my release email here.
75 cases produced. 13.8% ABV.
91 POINTS - “This light-bodied wine is peppery, light and crisp. From a steep mountain vineyard and made in small quantities, it shows elegant red fruit and subtle oak on the palate. —V.B.” Wine Enthusiast February 2022
High in the hills on the western flank of Dry Creek Valley sits a vineyard that holds a piece of my history, and my heart.
I fell in love with this mountainside Cabernet Franc over a decade ago, as I began my journey into the world of wine. The grapes were not destined for a varietal bottling--in all years prior it had been blended into Cabernet Sauvignon--but in 2012 I dug my heels in and demanded it stand alone. It quickly became the star of the lineup.
Seven years later, long after I had left the vineyard, a completely unexpected chain of events brought me back in touch with my beloved mountainside Cabernet Franc. And here it is now, for you.