2020 Cabernet Franc Reserve 1.5L Magnum
Cocoa • Cranberry • Grippy
Best enjoyed at 55°- 60°f
Suggested drink window: now - 2027 - 2036
94 points, Gold Medal - 2023 New York Wine Classic
The cabernet francs of Damiani highlight the refinement and distinctiveness of each vineyard site, vintage, and blend. To create wines with density, nuance, and vibrant aromas, we use highly focused viticultural practices like selected leaf removal, shoot thinning, and tailored cluster thinning, alongside low-intervention winemaking techniques like stem inclusion, saignée, bâtonnage, and indigenous fermentations to further enhance varietal, vineyard, and vintage expression.
Winemaking
• 100% Cabernet Franc
• Vineyard location: East side of Seneca Lake
• Soil: Howard & Lansing gravely silt loam
• Harvested October 15th
• Unfined & unfiltered
• Vegan
• Brix: 23.0°–24.5° │ pH: 3.48 │ TA: 6.7 g/L │ RS 0.0 │ ABV: 14.5
• Bottled: 8/26/2021
• Cases Produced: 10
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2020 Vintage Notes
2020 was a vintage of idyllic growing conditions, especially in northeast USA terms. We could hardly ask for better growing conditions or a more forgiving and timely harvest. We experienced all the heat we could desire in timely doses. Not overbearing, just continuous and moderate. There was a welcome level of comfort having the fruit basking post leaf removal without the worry of burn. In addition, 2020 offered just the right amount of moisture stress (read lack of rain) to keep the fruit slightly dehydrated and the consequent flavor development of the skins and pulp lent a complexity to the juices that are playing out in the wines. Wines that people will be savoring both as a panacea to the angst that 2020 brings to the mind as well as feeding the palate the ever-present desire for excitement. A winemaker's dream. Expect to see wines of extremely high quality from this vintage, both reds and whites (and sparkling!!). Phil and Lauren nursed these wines to speak well of the year that many will want to forget. Nature has prevailed, as she always will, over the whims of man. How fortunate. Happy drinking!
