2023 | I. Brand & Family Cabernet Franc "DeRose Vineyard" | Cienega Valley | USA

Cabernet Franc from the oldest commercial vineyard in California — vines rooted in history, made by a Central Coast cult hero.

Ian and Heather Brand founded I. Brand & Family in 2008, championing California's overlooked vineyards and grapes. This Cabernet Franc comes from the historic DeRose Vineyard in the Cienega Valley — part of the original Vaché planting from around 1850, the longest continuously producing commercial vineyard on the West Coast — on granite and limestone soils. Organically farmed, native-yeast fermented, aged in neutral oak: Loire-like structure with California sunshine.

Historic-vineyard Cabernet Franc from a Central Coast cult name is a wine-lover's find. Aromatically vivid, mineral, own-rooted history → great Cab Franc is criminally underpriced → at $43.99 you're drinking from California's oldest commercial vines.

• 100% Cabernet Franc
• Cienega Valley, Central Coast — historic DeRose Vineyard (~1850)
• I. Brand & Family — Ian Brand; organic, native ferment
• Granite-limestone soils; neutral oak

Lifted pomegranate, wild strawberry and sour cherry woven with dried thyme, graphite, black tea and violets over a saline, mineral core with fine structure. Translation: vivid, savory Cab Franc — bright red fruit and herbs with a mineral, almost salty lift and real drive.

Cabernet Franc from California's most historic vineyard. Exactly the bottle for the drinker who loves a story and a savory red.