I Brand and Family Cienega Valley Cabernet Franc DeRose Vineyard 2023 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine ripe fruit and just enough

ripe fruit and just enough garrigue character to feel place-specific

then fermentation in stainless steel

Dark fruit

The Brut Réserve is a blend in equal parts of the three champenois grape varieties: pinot noir

I Brand and Family Cienega Valley Cabernet Franc DeRose Vineyard 2023 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine ripe fruit and just enoughThe DeRose Vineyard sits directly on top of the San Andreas Fault, which is not a figure of speech. The limestone the fault shoved up out of the ground is precisely why Ian Brand keeps coming back. Brand has built his name on the odd, overlooked corners of the Central Coast, sites nobody else bothers to farm, and this Cabernet Franc is his argument for them. It's the savory, mineral version of the grape: wild red berries, crushed rock, green