Product Details
2016 Cabernet Franc Spring Mountain District
Vineyard Notes
2016 Keenan Cabernet Franc, Spring Mountain District
This wine was produced exclusively from grapes grown on the Keenan Estate located in Napa Valley’s Spring Mountain District. Our two blocks of Cabernet Franc were harvested on September 17th and September 26th, 2016. The fruit was hand-picked then, after de-stemming, the must was inoculated with Montrachet yeast and fermented in stainless steel tanks. The wine aged in French and American oak barrels for twenty months.
“Freakishly good” is how we have come to describe this single vineyard Cabernet Franc from our highest elevation vineyard (approx. 2000') aptly named the "Upper Bowl". Cabernet Franc is simply not supposed to be this delicious. Enjoy now or decades from now.
Excerpt from Robert M. Parker, Jr. ,
The Wine Advocate
December 2018
91+ Points
“ Made of 100% Cabernet Franc from the Spring Mountain District, the medium to deep garnet-purple colored 2016 Cabernet Franc offers up roses, cedar and forest floor with a core of raspberries, cherries, earth and mulberries plus nuances of pencil shavings and cinnamon. The palate is medium-bodied, soft and juicy with grainy tannins, finishing long and perfumed.” Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate
Vinous, Antonio Galloni
December 2018
92 Points
“ The 2016 Cabernet Franc is a very pretty, gracious wine. Rose petal, cedar and sweet red berry fruit all lift from the glass. Medium in body and incredibly refined, the 2016 is another positively stellar wine in this range from Robert Keenan.”
Wine Data
| Size | 750 ml |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Alcohol | 14.3% |
| pH | 3.88 |
| Residual Sugar | Dry |
| Total Acidity | 0.66 grams/100ml |
| Bottling Date | 7/12/18 |
| Production | 720 cases |
| Appellation | Spring Mountain District |
| Wine Style | Red Wine |
| Varietal | Cabernet Franc |
| Blend | 100% Cabernet Franc |