Batic Cabernet Franc 2020 core-no-restrictions 35% reserve wines from 2019

35% reserve wines from 2019

revealing layers of anise

former head of Hunters & Frankau (Britain's exclusive Cuban cigar importer)

and of course

acquired in 2007 and replanted in 2009

Batic Cabernet Franc 2020 core-no-restrictions 35% reserve wines from 2019The Batic family has farmed Slovenia's Vipava Valley since 1592, and today they would rather blast hot air through the vines than spray them, building the plants' own immunity instead of reaching for chemicals. This is Demeter certified biodynamic Cabernet Franc from an estate that bottles by the lunar calendar and refuses to work under cloudy skies. The fruit comes largely from a 50 year old clay vineyard, pergola trained because, after generations