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Our final vintage from the late-ripening Noetzli family vineyard in Maraekakaho, Hawke’s Bay, where Three Fates have been working since 2020. The site, soils, and clone combine to produce magnificently ripe Cabernet Franc with a distinctive freshness. A tough spring reduced the fruit set, but a stellar summer and autumn gave the grapes incredible concentration and flavour. This is a truly special release.
Handpicked, 100% destemmed, 50% foot-stomped, with natural fermentation in a single open-top fermenter. After 21 days on skins, the wine was pressed to just four barrels, where it matured for 12 months before bottling in autumn.
An intentionally delayed release means the 2024 Three Fates Cabernet Franc reaches your glass with the full weight of fruit and spice from a powerful vintage. Take a moment to enjoy the depth of colour — a pool of deep magenta that only relents where the wine meets the glass. Swirling releases layered aromas of rose petals, violets, boysenberry jam, and a hint of tomato leaf.
The palate is all juicy summer fruit: raspberries, cherries, candied strawberry, boysenberry, and plums, with fine tannins, fresh acidity, and a long finish. It’s a wine to savour, though so delicious the bottle rarely sticks around for long. A graceful close to our time on this special vineyard.
ALC: 13.5%
Contains sulphites
