Forging Bordeaux Excellence
In 2016, Component Wine Company founder Michael Kennedy forged a partnership with Daniel Llose and Eric Boissenot to create single varietal, single lieu-dit wines from Bordeaux. Their 2020 Right Bank expression of Cabernet Franc is hyper classical in style, reflecting the excellent terroir from which it was created.
Terroir's Influence on Excellence
The vineyard site is a blend of gravely limestone and clay, which supplies a basic pH soil environment for the vines, which in turn, generates a higher acid in the finished wine along with structure and profile. The clay contributes to reduced vigour of the vine and allows the plant to focus on phenolic production. A stunning wine from the single most historic site from which they make wine - the site was likely planted as far back as the year A.D. 50 (almost 2,000 years old).
