Rising Cabernet Franc 2024 13% 750ml

Rising Cabernet Franc 2024 13% 750ml

Tasting Notes

Appearance
Bright dark purple-red in colour.

Aroma
Lifted aromas of dark blue and red fruits with bay leaf and smoky undergrowth on the nose.

Palate
The palate is full of mulberry, blood plums and bluestone. It’s both savoury and sweet in equal measure and is perfectly medium bodied.
Food matching
Pappardelle with wild mushroom ragu.

Vinification
Cabernet Fran from 40-year old, ungrafted vines on a warm, west-facing slope at our Lightfall Vineyard in Healesville. Hand picked and transported all of 20 metres to the winery. Half of the fruit was destemmed and put into the bottom of an open pot fermenter, the other half was left as whole bunches and put on top. The ferment was wrapped up with lots of CO2 cover for carbonic fermentation. Pressed off to old oak for 10 months maturation before bottling unfined and unfiltered.

Vintage notes
Mild winter led to earlier than usual bud burst which resulted in an early vintage. The season was cool and wet again (just like 20, 21 & 23). The largest dump of rain came in January (180mm) which presented a massive challenge for the vineyard team. Lots of hard work delivered the winery team a beautifully clean and ripe crop. The Cabernet Franc was harvested on the 29th February, a leap year baby!

Grape variety
Cabernet Franc

PH
3.76

Acidity
4.8 g/L

Country: Australia

Region: Yarra Valley

Vintage: 2024

Variety: Cabernet Franc

Alcohol volume: 13

Closure: Screwcap

Volume: 750

Weight: 1.35kg

Wine style: Red (Full Bodied)

Reviews:

Brendan Black, Wine Pilot - 93 Pts

Not much Cabernet Franc is grown in Australia, so it’s always good to see a varietal version on the shelves, rather than just blended away. Like the Gamay and Pinot, it opens with a burst of ripe fruit but has a much different, more savoury, flavour profile: boysenberry, red cherry, black pepper, green capsicum. The tannins are drying and a bit grippy, and while the palate turns very savoury after a bit of air, the fruit returns with gusto on the second night, bringing everything together nicely and making for a very satisfying wine.

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com - 93 Pts

Made in a Loire Valley style, giving aromas of dark cherries, plums, fresh herbs, white pepper and graphite. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins and bright acidity, carrying flavors of game meat, red currants, bitter chocolate and blackberry bush. A meaty, focused, structured and well-balanced wine. Drink or hold. Screw cap.