2023 Black Rook Cabernet Franc

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The low vigour, sandy soils of a single block in Vista’s Edge Vineyard on the Black Sage Bench provide intense fruit and aniseed flavours from a site tucked into the foothills of the Okanagan Highland.

Tasting Notes

The nose opens with bright blackberry and succulent raspberry, lifted by a soft perfume of violet petals. The palate broadens with each sip, showing an expansive, integrated profile where delicate oak and savoury spice mingle with sagebrush and rich cocoa. Silky, delicate tannins and bright acidity carry the wine to a refined, lingering finish.

Vintage
2023
Vineyard
Black Sage Bench
Aromas & Texture
Delicate & Rich
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Winemaker Notes

ELEVATION | 1043 ft – 1437 ft
CANOPY | Vertical Shoot Positioning
HARVEST | Hand-picked, sorted, destemmed
FERMENTATION | 100% wild fermentation & extended skin contact
BARREL AGING | French oak (100% new); 16 months in oak
ALC/VOL | 14.5%
PH | 3.61
TA | 6.38
CRAFTED | Foudre

Deep purple in colour, with an attractive nose of raspberries, ripe red cherries, and a touch of tobacco leaf. A classic and gorgeous Cabernet Franc, fresh and yet never green. The palate is intense, with bright fruit, fine grained tannin and sweet oak that is beautifully integrated into the whole, pure and intense. Really well balanced and elegant, with gripping tannins and a long and yummy finish.

Siobhan Turner MW
Gold - The Global Cabernet Franc Masters 2026

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