“Idiot’s Grace Vineyard,” Columbia Gorge

Vineyard: Idiot’s Grace (estate) Vineyard in Mosier, OR. Certified organic.

Blend: 100% Cabernet franc

Cooperage: Aged 14 months in 2-5 year old French barrels

Bottled: 3/18/11

Alcohol: 13.0%

Production: 165 Cases

Tasting Notes:
“I recently had the opportunity to taste this wine beside our 2007 Cabernet franc. I was both content with the consistency of the vineyard’s expression and encouraged by the great depth of this, more recent bottling. The common insistence that fruit from older vines reveals its “wisdom” in the glass is always intriguing, and we reckon we’re starting to get somewhere with this fourth harvest. 2009 was generous in the mid Columbia, and the wine displays both ripeness and restraint. It is an appealingly franc” depiction, supple yet dark, and a bit formal; on the tongue it is more firmly tannic than in earlier years, poised to accompany meatier menu items (and to reward your patience, should you tuck a few bottles in the cellar).”
~ Brian McCormick, Winemaker (8/8/11)

Food accompaniment: “Hearty Fare”, Beef, Beef Stew, Stuffed Cabbage, Game, Ham, Lamb, Rabbit, Tripe, many Cheeses

Serving Suggestion: Chill slightly before serving

When drinkable: now thru 2015