2021 Road Less Traveled Cabernet Franc
The most popular Isenhower wine returns! 100% Wallula Vineyard and 100% Cabernet Franc. Pure, beautiful, and wonderful wine that is full and rich yet balanced and elegant. After the smoke taint year of 2020, it is wonderful to have Cabernet Franc back.
Dark red hue. Beautiful aromas of red raspberry, red plums, sweet red peppers, mountain sage, marjoram, tapenade, and peppercorn. Very elegant and fresh. The flavors are red/blue fruits with a hint of sea salt. The texture is thick and luscious. Notes of sweet red pepper and earthy tapenade. A beautiful wine. Enjoy through 2035.
FERMENTATION: 100% destemming with open-top fermentation. Fermented with Alchemy IV, CVRP, and RP15 yeasts. Punched down twice a day with 3 days of limited oxygen sparging. Peak fermentation of 30 C. Pressed at dryness after 15 days.
ELEVAGE: 300-liter French Oak barrels, AnA Selection and Tonnellerie de Mercurey. Light-Long to Medium Long toast. 17% new. Native malo-lactic fermentation finished in barrel. Racked twice.
INGREDIENTS & ADDITIONS: Cabernet Franc grapes, yeast, organic and inorganic yeast nutrients, tartaric acid, and minimally necessary sulfur dioxide.
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Varietal | 100% Cabernet Franc |
| Varietal Composition | 100% Wallula Vineyard |
| Appellation | Horse Heaven Hills |
| Vineyard | Wallula |
| Acid | 5.2 g/L |
| PH | 3.8 |
| Residual Sugar | <0.01 g/L |
| Alcohol | 14.50% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Bottling Date | 08/07/2023 |
| Cases Produced | 389 |
100% Wallula Vineyard Cabernet Franc (45% clone 214, 55% clone 327)
