I Brand and Family Cienega Valley Cabernet Franc DeRose Vineyard 2023 NO20230927 This is a Champagne built

This is a Champagne built for drinking rather than contemplating — light on its feet

Exuberant and expressive

generous fruit framed by SRH's signature ocean-driven acidity

The tannins are fine but firm

Ramonet is the name everyone learns first in Chassagne

I Brand and Family Cienega Valley Cabernet Franc DeRose Vineyard 2023 NO20230927 This is a Champagne builtThe 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