Am I Too Late For the Redemption Tour? 2022

Type: Red
Varietals: 100% Cabernet Franc
Origin: Sagebrush Vineyard, Black Sage Bench, Okanagan Valley

Grown at Sagebrush Vineyard on the Black Sage Bench in Oliver. The soil consists of sandy loam, with a gravel bar that runs down the center of the vineyard through the Gewurztraminer block. We started the organic transition on this vineyard in 2018, but in 2022 the owners decided it wasn’t for them unfortunately. After months of begging and pleading, they decided to transition back to conventional farming. In 2022 there were two copper sprays for intense mildew pressure. 2022 was a cooler vintage, which meant lower pH and higher natural acidities in the fruit, After a cool and wet start to the season, we went into a very hot August which finally kickstarted a late verasion. September cooled off again but a warmer than average October helped ripening through to harvest.

The fruit was destemmed and hand bucketed into a clay qvevri for an extended maceration and ambient fermentation for just over a month. After fermentation the free run juice was drained into a stainless steel tank for an elevage of 12 months. Unfined and unfiltered with an addition of 25ppm of sulphur. The wine was then hand bottled into 1.5L magnums only.