2022 Frenchtown Farms “Waypoint” California Red Table Wine
Frenchtown Farms makes fresh, inviting, low-intervention wines rooted in California's Sierra Foothills: whole cluster, foot-stomped, native-yeast ferments, with no fining or filtering. 'Waypoint' is their easy, chock-full-of-flavor red table wine.
Tasting Notes
"Packed with flavor: red berries, cherry and crunchy strawberry, with lithe tannins and welcoming acidity." — Harvest Wine Shop
Details
Variety: 85% Merlot, 15% Grenache
Region: California (Merlot from Sonoma County; Grenache from the Sierra Foothills)
Vineyard: Grenache from Renaissance Vineyard; granite soils
Farming Practice: Organic
Winemaking: Whole cluster, foot-stomped, native-yeast fermentation; unfined and unfiltered; 30 ppm sulfur at bottling
Volume: 750ml
Alcohol: 13.2%
Serving Suggestion: Serve slightly cool with burgers, pizza or roast chicken
Must be 21+ to order wine. Please allow 1–3 business days for wine to ship.
About Frenchtown Farms
We are Aaron and Cara Mockrish
Since 2015, we have been farming grapes and raising wines in the North Yuba AVA, which includes the tiny Gold Rush village of Frenchtown we call home.
We have created a life around a connection to nature through farming, working with our hands to grow and bottle wines that reflect our stunning terroir.
We are fortunate to tend both old, own-rooted and dry farmed vines nearby, as well as to be establishing our own new vines on the steep, rocky slopes of our home vineyard.
Growing is our passion
Our annual rhythm is driven by seasonal agricultural cycles. Throughout each year as we carefully prune, tie, tuck, tend and hand-harvest each vine, we constantly ask ourselves how best to express the special place we live and how best to bottle all of the vibrations we feel in a way that is alive and true. To try and achieve this we farm without the use of pesticides, herbicides, or systemic fungicides, spraying only organic elemental sulfur at key times during the growing season, always looking to replace machines with people and efficiency with attention. We pay the vines with attention, pouring all of our energy into the vineyards so that we are able keep our efforts in the cellar relatively simple, letting the wines make themselves.
Shipping information
All orders are shipped/delivered, no pickup options. Please track your package using UPS tracking link — someone 21 or older must accept the package. UPS will attempt twice, then will return to us.
To avoid a missed package, you are more than welcome to ship to your local UPS Access Point so that you do not need to sign for the package at home.
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