Cabernet Franc 2007

This wine is full of upfront wild cherries.  The palate has a lot of complexity with flavors of coffee, currant and mocha.  There are lingering notes of tobacco and anise.

Still Waters farms our vineyards in specific blocks based on variety and location to produce our premium wines.  The vineyard is designed to bear low yields and is one hundred percent hand harvested.  The grapes are harvested in the early morning and processed within hours to ensure the fruit stays fresh and cold. They are in separate lots, and kept separate based on vineyard block, variety and yeast.  Some lots are as small as two barrels.  We ferment in seventy-gallon fermentors, allowing us to keep the batches small for better temperature control.  The grapes go through a two-day cold soak, are inoculated with yeast and ferment for about seven days, and are pressed at 2-4º Brix to maintain the fresh fruit qualities. The wines finish primary and Malolactic fermentation in neutral barrels. Early in the New Year they are racked into new French oak barrels for 30-40 month aging in our Barrel Room. We use fifty percent new French oak, and all of StillWaters Vineyard red wines are non-filtered.

Recommendations:

Enjoy now through 2014

Pairing suggestions: grilled salmon, pork, chicken, light pasta

Technical Information
100% Cabernet Franc 2007
100% Still Waters Vineyards
100% Paso Robles AVA

13.9% Alcohol by Volume
48 Cases Produced