hooray for you cabernet franc pet nat

WHY WE LOVE IT

• The hooray for you cabernet franc pet nat comes from the Weets Family Vineyard (Rattlesnake Hills) Columbia Valley AVA, Washington.

Varietal Composition: 100% Cabernet Franc

Elaboration: About 24 hours on the skins. Pressed and racked into neutral Burgundy barrel. Bottled under crown cap at 12g/l glucose + fructose. Native yeast ferment. Sans soufre. Unfiltered.

Tasting Notes: Fresh red raspberry, wild strawberry, watermelon and citrus blossom. The pétillante and vibrant acidity add lift and length. Brunch wine, porch wine, anytime wine.

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PRODUCER BACKGROUND

Gregory Cantu and Christopher Sky were each self-taught sommeliers at two different restaurants in Portland, Oregon. They met while working as maître d’s at the International Pinot Noir Celebration in McMinnville. They found they had much in common, they are both Colorado natives, fans of Loire Valley wines, and they shared the same sarcastic, irreverent sense of humor.

They became friends and began spending their free time helping with harvest at small wineries. Cantu also devoted an entire harvest season to working at a winery. In the summer of 2017, they were sitting in Sky’s backyard Cantu recalls, “We were drinkin’ some Rosé, and we were like, let’s make some Rosé, and then we did.”