What a beautiful sight with all our new Frech Oak barrels filled to the top with Cabernet Franc and Chambourcin. We finished filling the last 12 tonight and it looks and smells amazing. The French Oak imparts such a subtle, vanilla and oak finish to our wines after 8 months of aging and oxidizing. Since these wines are from the most mature, concentrated vintage we have ever harvested, we wanted to get them on some really nice oak early in case they require a bit more aging than our wines in previous years. It will be a nice surprise to see what these wines are going to transform into in a little less than one more year. Right now they look amazing resting in their new oak barrels.
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