Pierre Menard Anjou Cabernet Franc Orion Alpha 2023 EGLY24 From the producer: The latest

From the producer: The latest permanent release from Basil Hayden consists of an entirely new brown rice mashbill and a secondary finish in toasted barrels

the blend was made immediately after harvest and the wine was aged in a combination of French oak foudres and stainless steel tanks

The result is rich and full-bodied but never loses the tune

now planted to vines

Pierre Menard Anjou Cabernet Franc Orion Alpha 2023 EGLY24 From the producer: The latestPierre Menard is one of Anjou's most thoughtful young naturalists, farming his small parcels of Cabernet Franc and Chenin with a light hand and bottling without compromise. Orion Alpha is one of his Cabernet Franc cuves gently extracted, low in sulfur, and built around lift rather than weight. A great example of how Anjou Cabernet Franc can be both serious and ridiculously easy to drink.