Garage Wine Co. Las Higueras Vineyard Lot 102 Old Bush-Head Vines Cabernet Franc 2018

Description

There's a long explanation about what happened to Las Higueras, a Cabernet Franc vineyard in Maule that produced the 2018 Las Higueras Vineyard, which they consider part of the transition from a relatively tannic Chilean Cabernet Franc to something more elegant and graceful with less extraction and more tension. These transition vintages include the wines from 2017 to 2020. This 2018 has only 13% alcohol and notable freshness and is aromatic, subtle, elegant and fresh and feels like their best effort yet. They have produced Las Higueras since 2013 from a corner of a larger eight-hectare vineyard of 120-year-old Cabernet Franc that they have returned to their natural state in nature - i.e., old bush-head vines! Old bush-head vine Cabernet Franc. They aptly (and boldly) described it as 'a statesmen, with manners and dress from a bygone era, that shines amongst the younger set.' 2018 and 2019 are lots #102 and #112, respectively. Drink date: 2021-2028. Score - 94. (Luis Gutiérrez, robertparker.com, Aug. 31, 2021)

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Cabernet Franc