2004 Lailey Vineyard Cabernet Franc Canadian Oak VQA

The release of 2004 Cabernet Franc Canadian Oak marks the fourth vintage of Canadian oak wines at Lailey Vineyard. We continue to appreciate the nuances of our homegrown oak and to delight in its particular contribution to each vintage. We particularly like the subtlety and complexity that Cabernet Franc exhibits when it has spent time resting in the stalves of local oak.

Visit the Canadian Oak page of the Lailey Vineyard web site to learn about the wood's evolution from trees in a grove in Ancaster to wine barrels in the cellars of select producers throughout the wine world.

technical note
Grapes for this wine were harvested from the oldest block of Cabernet Franc at Lailey Vineyard. After crushing, the fruit was put into a small fermenting tank and yeast was added. The cap was manually punched down twice daily until fermentation was complete, after which the wine was pressed off the skins and transferred to barrels where it underwent malolactic fermentation and eighteen months of aging. The wine was then egg white-fined and bottled unfiltered.

winemaker’s tasting note
Raspberry and cherry on the nose with spice and tobacco notes. The palate has rich raspberry and currant flavours with hints of cedar, vanilla and coconut. The wine is balanced with some grainy tannins and a long finish.
We made only 50 cases of this wine.

Available in Calgary at these fine wine retailers

Inglewood Wine Merchants
1139 - 9th Ave. SE
403-262-4663

the cellar

CSPC# 728178

Lailey Vineyard Cabernet Franc has a good track record...

In January 2007 Jancis Robinson wrote of her recent Canadian tasting experience,"...it did seem to me as though the best wines were made by quite a small number of superior producers, I tasted about 70 wines in all,17 of which I felt were world class wines from any point of view."

She placed Lailey Vineyard squarely in the top ten with her review of the 2002 Cabernet Franc Canadian Oak:
Very impressive, dense nose. Confident and dry, spreads across the palate. No concessions to sweetness and modernism.
16+ (out of 20) Drink 2006-11

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