Forge Cabernet Franc ‘Willow Vineyard’ 2023

Forge Cabernet Franc ‘Willow Vineyard’ 2023 - Seneca Lake, NY
$31  Soul Wine Price $26.35

Disciplined and studious, Willow Cabernet Franc is a master of its craft. Innately complex and imaginative, it continues to broaden and fine-tune its technique each vintage. In our fourth vintage of this wine, we have witnessed it respond to four very different types of vintages with great poise from 2019 to 2023 (sadly, the winter’s take in 2022 meant no harvest for this red plot). One of the northernmost vineyards in our collection on Seneca Lake, Willow provides reassurance and sign of great vines tended to with care.

In comparison to our other Cabernet Franc lieux-dits, Willow is a bit more nimble and sultry on the palate in the way it tickles the senses, moving in a calm and calculated manner.

East side Seneca Lake - Lodi

Soils: Aurora and Farmington silt loam on shale

Elevation: 725 ft.

Year Planted: 2014

Harvest Date: Oct. 20

Hand-harvested and sorted

Spontaneous fermentation in wooden vat

Alcohol: 12.7% by vol.

Production: 377 cases