2023 Frenchtown Farms, Sierra Nevada Red "Quail Run" Magnum 1.5L

2023 Frenchtown Farms, Sierra Nevada Red "Quail Run" Magnum 1.5L

California, United States 2023 (1500mL)
Regular price$65.00
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2023 Frenchtown Farms, Sierra Nevada Red "Quail Run" Magnum 1.5L

The ability to surprise, delight, and sometimes confound is one of the most exciting aspects of wine. Even jaded old pros like us can still experience awe and amazement, which is exactly what happened when a bottle of “Quail Run” from Frenchtown Farms circulated around the tasting table recently. Indeed, the whole team was dumbfounded. It was brimming with energy and exceptionally light on its feet, yet without sacrificing depth and complexity. Was it a natural wine from some obscure appellation in Southern France? Perhaps, but the fruit was super pure—clean as a whistle. In truth, what this small operation in the northern Sierra Nevada Foothills has accomplished is breathtaking: An expressive, elegant, eminently drinkable wine that really has no comparison. One taste and you will be hooked on the daring audacity of Frenchtown…but don’t delay, they only made a few cases and we have the last precious bottles for you today!

Frenchtown Farms is essentially a two person operation, Aaron and Cara Mockrish, who moved to North Yuba County after getting hitched with the romantic intention of establishing a small farm. However, a bottle of wine put them on a slightly different trajectory. That bottle was from Clos Saron, and when they realized that the winemaker/proprietor Gideon Beinstock was basically a neighbor they immediately sought him out and began learning, by experience, how to farm vines and make wine. In 2015 they were able to lease a few small parcels of vines and their new wine project was officially born. “Frenchtown” may sound like a cleverly concocted ode to the type of natural, terroir driven winemaking that they adhere to, but in fact it is the actual name of th

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