2018 Rolling View Vineyard Cabernet Franc

Every year, we pester the Pierce family to sell us a little fruit from their meticulous vineyard in Kansas Settlement. They never have much to part with, as most of their fruit goes into the production of their own wines. But we always seem to wrestle one-half to one ton of something special from their grips. We have worked with this Cabernet Franc a few times in the past, but thought we may never see it again. Lucky for us, we convinced them to part with some of this pretty fruit once more. Rolling View Vineyard has an austerity and restraint unlike its next-door neighbors – one that suits Bordeaux varietals especially well. This wine has an amazing interplay of acid and tannin, a cool dusty spice and classic Cab Franc fruit. Only one barrel produced of this geeky, but delicious wine.