Cabernet 2012
Cabernet Franc has low-key swagger — lush, dark fruit flavors; medium body and smooth tannins. It gets along with everybody in the room, and when done well, is a swoon-worthy, entertaining-perfect wine for your table, a special gift or for a quiet night in front of the fire with a decadent cheese plate.
Cabernet Franc has low-key swagger — lush, dark fruit flavors; medium body and smooth tannins. It gets along with everybody in the room, and when done well, is a swoon-worthy, entertaining-perfect wine for your table, a special gift or for a quiet night in front of the fire with a decadent cheese plate.
Typically ripening two weeks before our Cabernet Sauvignon our Cabernet Franc grapes are picked by hand, sorted and lightly crushed into one ton open fermenters. Yeast was added and the cap was punched by hand twice per day for 24 days. After the fermentation was complete, the "free run" was drained off of the skins into barrel. The wine was then aged 18 months in 25% new French oak, 25% new American oak with the remaining 50% aging in neutral oak.
Walla Walla AVA. 90% from our Estate Bergevin Springs Vineyards, combined with 10% from Stone Tree Vineyard in the Wahluke Slope
Dave Harvey: Dave Harvey joins Bergevin Lane with over 23 years of winemaking experience in Washington State working for notable wineries such as Townshend Cellars, Gordon Brothers and Terra Blanca. “We asked Dave to join our team because of his seasoned experience with Washington vineyards and winemaking. He makes stylish and well-balanced wines -plus he’s a super nice guy,” says Amber Lane.
