2023 Kobayashi Cabernet Franc Washington, USA South Africa 75 year old Carignan

75 year old Carignan

Dried grapes and leaves are also eliminated with the stalks

Single distilled in accordance with Brandy de Jerez solera reserve D

with the rest 60-80 years old

Aged on fine lees for 4 months in stainless

2023 Kobayashi Cabernet Franc Washington, USA South Africa 75 year old CarignanThe fruit for the 2023 Kobayashi Cabernet Franc comes from two sites within the Columbia Valley: Blue Mountain Vineyard, a cooler Walla Walla vineyard planted in the foothills of the Blue Mountains on windblown loess soils, and Red Willow, a high elevation site in Yakima Valley planted on an east facing parcel with sandy loam soils. The fruit was fermented with ambient yeasts in stainless steel and concrete before aging for 22 months in a 1,200L