color: purple
aroma: sweet tobacco, ripe bramble, black cherry, graphite
palate: black plum, ground coffee, sweet sage, black raspberry
pairing: roasted chicken with herbs and grilled asparagus
aging: now - 2030

Made solely from Cabernet Franc grapes, this wine was grown exclusively on our Home Vineyard in Westminster, Maryland. The 2020 vintage was hand-harvested on October 8th, carefully sorted, and fermented as whole berries with spontaneous yeast in stainless steel. Following two weeks of skin contact, the wine was transferred into neutral oak barrels where it began its 30-month aging evolution. In April of 2023, 248 cases were bottled without filtration.