2016 Detert Family Vineyards East Block Cabernet Franc - OWC
Beginning with our first vintage of Cabernet Franc in 2000, we blended our two Cabernet Franc vineyard blocks, the East Block and West Block, together to create the Detert Cabernet Franc bottling. In 2009, we began holding back one barrel of East Block so that we could illustrate the impressive quality of these heritage vines and pay homage to the vineyard’s history. Each year since then we have done the same, keeping just a small amount of the East Block Cabernet Franc separate for our rare East Block bottling. The exceptionally well-drained alluvial soils of the East Block produce a powerful, incredibly complex and sophisticated Cabernet Franc whose hallmark flavors are bittersweet-chocolate, dark berries, sage, sweet tobacco and anise.