Familia Vicente Pearce

Familia Vicente Pearce - CABERNET FRANC - Azcuénaga Vineyard

Lunlunta

$ ARS

Release Price

Drink Window

13.6%

ABV

3.8

pH

5.3

TA

1.5

RS

Nose

Rich ripe raspberry, cherry with secondary aromas of smoked chipotle and eucalyptus.

Palate

Very well balanced with medium tannins and medium acidity. Cherry and strawberry fruit with a touch of oak inspired vanilla.

Harvest

Hand harvested in 16 kg bins.

Bottling

Bottled in recycled glass, 330 grams.

Winemaking

Hand sorted, destemmed, 4 day cold maceration, alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks, peak fermentation temperature managed, daily punchdown, native malolactic fermentation in barrel, racked every 6 months, and unfined.

Aging

12 months in French oak: 225 liter and 500 liter barrels. 15% new.

Appearance

Bright deep ruby.

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