I Brand and Family Cienega Valley Cabernet Franc DeRose Vineyard 2023 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine The result is a textured

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

then fermentation in stainless steel

Pedro examines the rocks beneath

I Brand and Family Cienega Valley Cabernet Franc DeRose Vineyard 2023 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine The result is a texturedThe 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