2006 Imagery Cabernet Franc, Sonoma Valley (750 ml) (Imagery Estate Winery / Imagery Red Wines) -- Benziger & Imagery Online Store Shopping Cart -- ml) (750 Valley Sonoma Franc, Cabernet Imagery 2006

<H1>2006 Imagery Cabernet Franc, Sonoma Valley (750 ml) -- Benziger & Imagery Online Store Shopping Cart</H1> $38.00 -- Our 2006 Cabernet Franc has good structure and firm tannins. Dark berry flavors are balanced against more earthy notes of coffee, tea, and tobacco. <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/benziger/images/06%20CAB%20FRANC%20LABEL1.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="2006 Imagery Cabernet Franc, Sonoma Valley (750 ml)" NAME="2006 Imagery Cabernet Franc, Sonoma Valley (750 ml)" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> VINTAGE 2006 AVAILABILITY Winery Exclusive CASE PRODUCTION 507 APPELLATION Sonoma Valley LABEL ARTIST Robert Brady (Berkeley, California) VARIETAL: Cabernet Franc, one of the classic Bordeaux varietals, is most often used as a blending grape to add interest and to compliment Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot based wines. On its own, Cabernet Franc produces alluring wines that are early maturing with generous mouthfeel and fruit. VINTAGE: 2006 was truly a year won in the vineyard. A record heat spike that lasted 10 days in July shut down the vines until the weather cooled again, and made growers nervous about sunburn on the ripening grapes. Later in the year, rain led to frantic leafing in an effort to let sun and air into the clusters. Botrytis was a threat, especially to Chardonnay, and many growers had to drop clusters that had started to rot or were touching other clusters. In late October the weather dried up and warmed giving grapes a little more hang time. Overall, it was a late harvest with excellent quality and some of the largest volumes of Pinot and Cabernet that Sonoma County has seen in many years. VINIFICATION: The harvest began on September 18th. The fermentation took place in small open top tanks and was punched down daily. After pressing, the wine was racked to French oak barrels and aged for 18 months before bottling in April of 2009. TASTING NOTES: Our 2006 Cabernet Franc has good structure and firm tannins. Dark berry flavors are balanced against more earthy notes of coffee, tea, and tobacco. Delightful now, this wine will continue to soften over the next 3-5 years. -Joe Benziger, Winemaker <div aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" align="left">Alcohol 14.7%, TA .59, pH 3.72</div> <LI>SKU: 611106 Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/benziger/Category1" TITLE="Imagery Estate Winery">Imagery Estate Winery</A> / <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/benziger/Category3" TITLE="Imagery Red Wines">Imagery Red Wines</A>: <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/benziger/Product658 TITLE="2005 Imagery Pallas Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Valley (750ml)">2005 Imagery Pallas Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma Valley (750ml)</A> -- estate blend has structured flavors of dark cherry, with notes of cocoa, herbs, and sweet earth. 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