Rock Ferry Corners Cabernet Franc 2023
$49.90 $47.90 inc. GST
Accolades:
93/100 – Cameron Douglas MS
93/100 – Stephen Wong MW, The Real Review
Metro Top 50 Wines 2024
“Ripe, varietal and forward bouquet with scents black cherry and blue fruits, some sweet olive and a fine layer of dried herb frame the introduction well. A youthful firm and dry wine touches the palate first, tension and poise from the tannins and acidity frame the berry fruit and olive ideas well. Salivating with a light saline quality. Balanced and well made with best drinking from 2025 through 2030+.” – Cameron Douglas MS
“Ripe berry fruit with dusty vanillin oak, roasted coffee and blackcurrant leaf. A young, structured palate with chewy tannins balanced against lashings of creamy oak, bacon fat and sweet ripe red fruit. More Bordelais in style than Loire and built for cellaring.” – Stephen Wong MW
“Another belter from Rock Ferry’s star winemaker, Jordan Hogg (whose own wine label, Atípico, is also well worth seeking out). In fact, organic vineyard and winery Rock Ferry often does well in these awards — it’s a great example of an organically run single-vineyard site producing excellent and interesting wines. This is one. Herbal and supple with red, forest fruits, spice notes and lovely energy through the palate. Bright.” – Metro Magazine
Tasting Note: This Cabernet Franc has aromatic characteristics of violets, red currants, and kirsch cherries with subtle influences of dried lavender and hibiscus tea. Flavours of cherry, vibrant plums, green peppers, and sweet new leather followed by an acidic backbone and voluminous mouth-coating tannins. This elegant wine provides a seamless, silkiness mouthfeel, and a well-balanced wine.
Winemaking Notes: The fruit was carefully hand-picked, sorted, destemmed, and then fermented in small, open top oak puncheons with indigenous yeast. Daily pigéage was done by hand and after 3 weeks on skins the wine was gently pressed, settled, and aged in seasoned oak. A natural spring malolactic fermentation occurred and after 14 months of élevage the wine was racked, bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Certification: Organic
Alcohol: 13.5%
Variety: Cabernet Franc
Region: Marlborough, New Zealand
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