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Leaning Post - Cabernet Franc, Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara (2019)

Leaning Post - Cabernet Franc, Twenty Mile Bench, Niagara (2019)

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TASTING NOTES

Raspberry, strawberry, blackberry and blackcurrant followed by tomato leaf, roasted red pepper, cured meat, cigar box, cocoa, and cumin. Balanced but with ever-present tannins lending immense structure and age-ability. Decant in advance to enjoy now, this wine can easily age for a decade.

REGION Canada > Niagara > Twenty Mile Bench
GRAPE(S) Cab Franc
VINTAGE 2019
FORMAT 750ml Bottle
ABV 13%
FEATURES Vegan-Friendly
SCALE Dry (2g/l)

2019 had a cool start leading to sunny and warm weather continued well into harvest allowing grapes plenty of time on the vine to fully ripen.

Hand-picked and hand-sorted on November 12th, the grapes were destemmed and left to soak on skins prior to fermentation. Fermentation was started in small, open-top fermentors. The skins were punched down by hand 2x per day throughout the fermentation process. The wine remained on skins for 6 days after fermentation before being gently pressed. After being transferred to French & American oak barrels (35% new) to be aged for 20 months, the 2019 Cabernet Franc was bottled in September 2021.

Leaning Post began as a virtual winery and now a home property in Winona, Ontario.

Ilya and Nadia are the brains and passion behind Leaning Post Wines. It started with a dream to take unique, interesting single vineyard blocks in Niagara and turn them into distinctive, terroir driven wines. 

Ilya has been a winemaker in the Niagara Region for the last 17 vintages working at Daniel Lenko Estate Winery, Foreign Affair and now at Leaning Post Wines. Ilya is also a consulting winemaker at the Good Earth Winery. 

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