Cabernet Franc Red
⏳ Drikkevindue
Typically best enjoyed within 2 to 7 years from the vintage release, while its fresh red fruit and savory herbal elements are at their most expressive.
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Roasted duck, grilled pork chops, roasted root vegetables
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Hailing from the maritime terroir of Long Island's East End, Channing Daughters' Cabernet Franc showcases the grape that many consider the signature red variety of the region. Influenced by the cooling breezes of both the Atlantic Ocean and the Peconic Bay, the grapes benefit from a long, moderate growing season that coaxes out complex aromatic profiles without excessive sugar accumulation. Winemaker Christopher Tracy employs an artisanal, low-intervention approach, often utilizing wild yeast fermentations and aging the wine in older, neutral oak casks. This careful stewardship preserves the grape's natural vibrancy, resulting in a medium-bodied red defined by bright red berry fruit, savory dried herbs, and a distinct mineral thread reflective of the glacial soils of the South and North Forks.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Channing Daughters Winery blev grundlagt i 1982, da venturekapitalisten og billedhuggeren Walter Channing plantede sine første Chardonnay-stokke i Bridgehampton. Sidenhen har vinhuset udviklet sig til en af de mest vovede og nytænkende producenter på Long Islands East End. Ejendommens vinmarker dækker over 11 hektar i South Forks maritime klima, hvor vinstokkene trives i veldrænet siltet Bridgehampton-lerjord, velsignet med kølende havbriser fra Atlanterhavet og et mildt mikroklima skabt af Peconic Bay. Vingården ledes i dag af partner og vinmager Christopher Tracy sammen med partnerne Larry Perrine og Allison Dubin, og huset er desuden medstifter af Long Island Sustainable Winegrowing. Channing Daughters er berømmet for sit mangfoldige druesortiment, der tæller mere end to dusin sorter, samt en avantgardistisk tilgang i kælderen med spontangæring, udstrakt skindkontakt og field blends. Blandt husets referencevine finder man deres banebrydende, skindfermenterede Ramato på Pinot Grigio, Friuli-inspirerede hvidvine på sorter som Tocai Friulano og Ribolla Gialla samt komplekse cuvéer som Meditazione og Envelope.
🍇 Druer
Cabernet Franc