Three Fates
Cabernet Franc 2024 750ml

Our final vintage from the late-ripening Noetzli family vineyard in Maraekakaho, Hawke’s Bay, where Three Fates have been working since 2020. The site, soils, and clone combine to produce magnificently ripe Cabernet Franc with a distinctive freshness. A tough spring reduced the fruit set, but a stellar summer and autumn gave the grapes incredible concentration and flavour. This is a truly special release.

Handpicked, 100% destemmed, 50% foot-stomped, with natural fermentation in a single open-top fermenter. After 21 days on skins, the wine was pressed to just four barrels, where it matured for 12 months before bottling in autumn.

Vivid light purple. A very perfumed nose of blueberry, red berry and cedar with hints of tobacco leaf, creamy hazelnut and the fresh lift of tart wild blackberry. There is a suggestion of something dusty and woody underneath. The palate is bright and recognisably varietal, weaving the mid-weight tannins, fresh acidity, tobacco leaf and mulberry bush flavours into a crunchy, mouth-watering combination. As the flavours crest over the back-palate, cedar and cinnamon notes rise to meet the lingering tannins, adding inflections to the finish which will continue to develop in the mid-term. 93 Points, Stephen Wong MW. The Real Review.

An intentionally delayed release means the 2024 Three Fates Cabernet Franc reaches your glass with the full weight of fruit and spice from a powerful vintage. Take a moment to enjoy the depth of colour — a pool of deep magenta that only relents where the wine meets the glass. Swirling releases layered aromas of rose petals, violets, boysenberry jam, and a hint of tomato leaf.

The palate is all juicy summer fruit: raspberries, cherries, candied strawberry, boysenberry, and plums, with fine tannins, fresh acidity, and a long finish. It’s a wine to savour, though so delicious the bottle rarely sticks around for long. A graceful close to our time on this special vineyard.

$48.0AUD

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	Tasting Notes
	Region Hawke's Bay		Bottle Closure Type Cork
	Vintage 2024		ABV% 13.50

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Three Fates Cabernet Franc 2024 750ml

Three Fates
Cabernet Franc 2024 750ml