Le Rocher des Violettes Touraine Cabernet Franc 2016 Size::1 Bottle sandalwood and pencil lead

sandalwood and pencil lead

These characters continue onto the palate

cedar and a finely judged touch of oak add detail without overt influence

The 2024 vintage was a more classic Yarra season

Here's a wine of incomparable nobility and length with pulpy and delicate flesh

Le Rocher des Violettes Touraine Cabernet Franc 2016 Size::1 Bottle sandalwood and pencil lead100% Cabernet franc from 3 plots of vines totaling just 1 hectare of vines averaging around 40 years old. The grapes for this wine are de stemmed before crushing and then vinified lwith daily pump overs and gentle punching down. Ageing is done in barrels of one to three years old for 20 months and the resulting wine is remarkably perfumed fresh and bright giving a violet perfume so typical of the very best Cabernet franc with fine silky tannins and