Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard The Nest Cabernet Franc 2020

Not a Loire style, but rather a shining example of its Bordeaux heritage of dark fruit, anise, incredible rose petal aromatic, bergamot black tea with a shot of tannin and minerality to finish it off.

VINIFICATION
Hand picked, 100% destemmed and whole berry sorted with light berry breaking to open fermentation. A 4 day cold soak, pumped over daily with minimum 15 days on skins. Basket pressed with light pressings added back to free-run, hard pressings separate. Racked 2 times over 15 months prior to bottling.

MATURATION
Matured in a selection of new and old Bordeaux coopered barrels.

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