Les Jardins de la Martiniere, Akane No Oka 2019 Australia Amphora aging brings a soothing

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Les Jardins de la Martiniere, Akane No Oka 2019 Australia Amphora aging brings a soothingPlace: Loire, France Grape: Cab Franc Vibe: UNICORN 30 year old Cab Franc, from the bottom of a south east facing slope on clay soils. A beautiful place, and the name translates to "the sun setting over the hill." Fruit was macerated in whole bunches for 10 days with daily pigage, then raised in barrique for a year before moving to cuve for another four. Bottled late 2024. This is a lithe, fragrant expression of the grape. Earthen and floral at the