We've got two very exciting wines just released this fall.
The first is a Cabernet Franc called 'Franky Say Relax'. It is a fruit forward richly balanced cabernet with a clarescent ruby red color.
The fruit was hand selected from the long growing season in 2007 which favored deep rich reds.
It was treated to an extended maceration without SO2 being added until six months after Malolactic fermentation. We brought the SO2 to 105 ppm to
stabilize this remarkable color and robust fruit. The whimsical name belies what is a complex and classically structured wine. Release date; September 2008. Bronze medal winner, NYS Fair!! Bronze medal New York Wine and Food Classic.
The second wine we are about to bottle is called 'Des'Pear'. (Not to be confused with the River des Pere in St. Louis, which I'm told does not taste quite as good).
It is a honey golden dessert wine made from Washington State pears and Finger Lakes white grapes.
The white grape underpinning enhances the pear aromas resulting in an
elegant dessert wine with true fruit flavor. 8% residual sugar. 17% alchohol. Release date: August 1st 2008.
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