2022 Cabernet Franc
The first ever vintage of Cabernet Franc produced at JoieFarm! The fruit for this wine came from a single vineyard in Kaleden, just south of Penticton and overlooking Lake Okanagan. A classic JoieFarm red: juicy, approachable, fruit-forward and medium-bodied. Delicious on its own (even chilled) but especially electric when served with food.
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2022
Varietal
Cabernet Franc
Appellation
Okanagan Valley
Acid
6.37 g/L
Residual Sugar
1.40 g/L
Alcohol %
12.8
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Leaving the wine unfiltered ensured lots of flavours in the glass: saskatoon berry, cinnamon shavings, sun-dried tomato, and red plum (to name just a few). Subtle notes of tea leaf and white peppercorn underpin some sips but are inevitably soaked into a refreshing, juicy acidity. A red that’s instantly likeable - the kind of wine that’ll make you lots of friends at a party.
Vineyard Notes
• Halla Vineyard, Kaleden
Production Notes
The fruit was hand harvested on November 1st and was lightly desteemed and crushed, then sent to open-top tanks for 8 days of cold-soaking. Fermentation then took place over a period of 2 weeks. Once complete, the wine was racked to stainless to settle and malolactic fermentation initiated. The wine was then pressed off into neutral French puncheons where it was aged for 8 months before being bottled unfiltered in August 2023.