Description / Reviews
"Cabernet Franc from 40-year-old, ungrafted vines on a warm, west-facing slope at our Lightfall Vineyard in Healesville. Hand picked and transported all of 20 metres to the winery. Half the fruit was destemmed and put into the bottom of an open pot fermenter, the other half was left as whole bunches and put on top. The ferment was wrapped up with lots of CO2 cover for carbonic fermentation. Pressed off to old oak for 10 months maturation before bottling unfined and unfiltered.
Bright dark purple-red in colour. Lifted aromas of dark blue and red fruits with bay leaf and smoky undergrowth on the nose. The palate is full of mulberry, blood plums and bluestone. It’s both savoury and sweet in equal measure and is perfectly medium bodied." - Rising Wines, Winemaker
"From 40-year-old vines on a west-facing slope in Healesville; 50% whole bunch and matured in older oak. Another very good cabernet franc from Anthony Fikkers and the team at Rising. A bright, deep-ish purple red. You'll find aromas of crushed raspberries, sour cherry and white pepper notes together with a hint of bay leaf. Medium bodied, with ripe, fine and persistent tannins rounding out a well-balanced wine that can be enjoyed now and over the next four to six years at least." - 94 Points, Phillip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion
"A really vibrant and youthful, plummy red in the glass. Fragrant and lifted aromas of bramble, sap, violets, blueberry, anise and sarsaparilla. Crunchy, bunchy, blue fruited, a touch of leafy sappiness and spice. Textured, grippy and snappy" - 90 Points, Aaron Brasher, The Real Review
