Product Details
2021 Cabernet Franc Upper Bowl Vineyard
Vineyard Notes
This wine was produced exclusively from grapes grown on the Keenan Estate located in Napa Valley’s Spring Mountain District. The Cabernet Franc were harvested on September 18th, 2020. 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.
Vinous, Antonio Galloni
July 2024
94 Points
" The 2021 Cabernet Franc Upper Bowl Vineyard is one of the most distinctive wines in the Keenan range. Franc aromatics and mountain tension meld together to yield a wine of tremendous nuance and character. Orange peel, white pepper, bright red-toned fruit and dried rose petal are some of the many notes that come alive in the glass. What a pretty and expressive wine this is."
James Suckling Wine Ratings
March 2024
93 Points
" Ripe dark berries, grilled herbs, cedar and walnuts on the nose. Full-bodied, firm and refined with a polished texture and vivid acidity. Attractive, linear, Bordeaux-like character. Lingering finish. Drink now or hold."
Wine Data
| Size | 750 ml |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Alcohol | 14.3% |
| pH | 3.90 |
| Residual Sugar | Dry |
| Total Acidity | 0.59 grams/100ml |
| Bottling Date | 6/26/2023 |
| Production | 565 cases |
| Appellation | Spring Mountain District |
| Wine Style | Red Wine |
| Varietal | Cabernet Franc |