Featherstone Winery & Vineyard Featherstone Cabernet Franc 2008

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Niagara Escarpment, Canada
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Add My Review Product #: 016 Wine Type: Red Wine Add to my...CellarFavouritesShopping ListWish ListWine Lists	Price: $16.95 Alcohol: 12.5% Drink: 2010-2012 Sweetness: Dry Bottle size: 750 ml Winery: Featherstone Winery Agent: Featherstone Winery

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Vineyard: Featherstone Vineyard, Twenty Mile Bench, Vineland Winemaker: Dave Johnson Soils: clay/loam Vine Density: 1200/Acre Planted: 1988 Rootstock: SO4 Clone: 327 Date Picked: 26th October 2008 Fruit Condition: Healthy Handling: Machine harvested and placed into small, 400 kg open fermentation vats. Fermentation: Fermented with commercial yeast strain BRL97 & RA17. Open- topped fermentors are twice as wide as they are high for maximum surface area and skin contact. Temperature during ferment reached 32 C over a 10 day fermentation period. Pressed November 11. Complete malolactic fermentation . Canton oak barrels (American): 50% one year old, 50% three year old Bottling date: September 9, 2009 Total Production: 351 cases Wine analysis at bottling: pH 3.55 T.A 6.75 g/L Alc. 12.5 % alc./vol R.S < 3 g/L Cellaring potential: 3-5 years from vintage date Tasting notes: This packs considerable intensity, complexity and nerve, in the manner of traditional Euro cab franc. Pale garnet-ruby colour. Sweet lifted aromas of strawberry-raspberry pie and tobacco spice.

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Serve this wine between 60-65 degrees Farenheit or 15-18 degrees Celsius.

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