2020 Quaker Run Cabernet Franc
2020 Quaker Run Cabernet Franc
93 Pts - James Suckling
The 2020 Quaker Run Cabernet Franc is a standout in our collection for its notably savory character. This vintage masterfully captures the essence of the vineyard with its distinctive forest floor nuances, tobacco leaf, and a unique toasted herb profile. Complementing these earthy tones are layers of red stone fruits, fig, black pepper, and marjoram, weaving together a rich and intricate bouquet. Quaker Run Cabernet Franc strikes a harmonious balance with its light to moderate density and fine, persistent tannins, epitomizing power, precision, and purity. As a single vineyard offering, this Cabernet Franc is a refined and elegant homage to the Quaker Run vineyard's natural beauty.
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Composition / Blend
100% Cabernet Franc
Size
750mL
Wine Specs
Vintage
2020
Vineyard Designation
Quaker Run Vineyard
pH
3.89
Aging
Aged 12 months in 25% new oak, 500L barrels from northern European oak with medium toast. Aged in bottle for an additional 10 months. When properly cellared, we expect this wine to show exceptionally in 2025 through 2030.
Bottling Date
12/14/2023
Alcohol %
13.1
Winemaker Notes
Quaker Run Vineyard Cabernet Franc is our most unique and dynamic bottling of Cabernet Franc. We love tasting it in contrast to the other Cabernet Franc bottlings, as Quaker Run naturally brings more structure and density, with tannin and acidity being uniquely balanced. This is a wine of precision, carrying the hallmarks of mountainside fruit highlighting Cabernet Franc’s best attributes.. This Cabernet Franc is where we find the most beauty in aroma, and our approach is always to understand and convey the fragrance of the fruit from this outstanding site.
Vineyard Notes
The 2020 growing season in Virginia was dynamic. With an early budbreak followed by frost risk in late April and early May, Early Mountain was lucky to avoid the worst of it with only a Petit Manseng block and some lower areas of Chardonnay impacted. The first half of the growing season was relatively dry and quite hot in June and July. Late July and early August brought a lot of moisture that was very challenging, but things dried out a bit heading into harvest. We ended up in a dance with the Atlantic, as tropical systems waltzed through every ten days for two months. Once again, we were lucky to be spared the worst of the weather, and we emerged at the end of harvest with a cellar full of high quality 2020 wines. In the spirit of every vintage being different from every other in our state, 2020 was unique in that the first half produced lighter wines with high acid and the second half brought riper, more classic wines.
Aging
Aged 12 months in 25% new oak, 500L barrels from northern European oak with medium toast. Aged in bottle for an additional 10 months. When properly cellared, we expect this wine to show exceptionally in 2025 through 2030.