Lot 897 | 2018 Moon Mountain District
Cabernet Franc
At the source winery, this small-production delicious Moon Mountain Cab Franc would be run around $95 per bottle. For CHW Wine Club members, it’s just $40. Time to get on the Cab Franc bandwagon.
At the source winery, this small-production delicious Moon Mountain Cab Franc would be run around $95 per bottle. For CHW Wine Club members, it’s just $40. Time to get on the Cab Franc bandwagon.
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Lot 897 leads with a basket of just-picked blueberries, wild herbs, white pepper, cedar, and a hint of vanilla. This is Cabernet Franc as it should be: elegant, pure-fruited, with savory wild herbs and crystalline acidity. Medium to full-bodied, with excellent weight, elongated, grippy tannins, and whispers of salted dark chocolate through a finish that goes on and on for days. This is a special one for the cellar, folks.
- Vintage
- 2018
- Appellation
- Moon Mountain District
- Grape
- Cabernet Franc
- Alcohol by Volume
- 14.8%
- Cases Produced
- 50
- Drink/hold
- Now through 2028
- Release Email
CHW Confidential
As Lot 897 so amply demonstrates, Cab Franc—Cabernet Sauvignon’s darker, spicier cousin—performs exceedingly well in the unique microclimates of Sonoma’s Moon Mountain District AVA. This relatively new appellation is one of the very few located in the Mayacamas Mountain range—also home to the iconic Monte Rosso vineyard (source of some of Sonoma’s most legendary and long-lived red wines over the past several decades).
Moon Mountain’s vineyards enjoy southwest exposure, basking in plenty of afternoon sun tempered by crosswinds from the Pacific Ocean and San Pablo Bay. Add in the area’s dizzying elevations (reaching up to 2,200 feet above sea level) plus a huge variation in volcanic vineyard soils and you’ve got a formula for growing perfect Cabernet Franc grapes that exude impressive depth and plenty of mouthwatering acidity.