Cabernet Franc Applegate Valley Quady North
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QUADY NORTH CABERNET FRANC Quady North founder Herb Quady grew up on his family’s winery in APPLEGATE VALLEY Central California and spent some years working for Bonny Doon and completing a Viticulture and Enology degree at Fresno State. A position with Troon Vineyards took him to the Applegate Valley AVA in the Rogue Valley sub-region of Southern Oregon. Quady saw the potential of the Applegate Valley with a more mild climate than the greater Rogue Valley that surrounds it. Cool air is drawn into the valley in the afternoon and the open fields and forests of the area cause heat to escape the vineyards overnight causing 40°F diurnal shifts. These cooling factors are pronounced in the mid-to-late part of the growing season pushing ripening later in the year and drawing out the Varietal/Blend: Cabernet Franc (312, 327, Frank’s savory characteristics of Cabernet Franc, Syrah, and Viognier. The clones) varied soils of the AVA are composed by ancient river beds, flood Farming Practices: practicing organic and biodynamic / plains, stream terraces and alluvial fans/benchlands. LIVE certified sustainable Exposure: south facing hillsides Soil: clay and iron-rich soils Vine Training: Guyot and V-type trellising Harvest Technique: by hand Year Vines Were Planted: varied Yeast: ambient Fermentation: destemmed / whole berries filled into one ton open-top fermenters / 72 hour cold soak followed by spontaneous fermentation / pressed at dryness and barreled down the next day Malolactic: yes Maturation: 18 months in 35% new French oak and Quady North Winery began in 2005 with the purchase of 100 acres remainder in second and fourth vintage 58 gallon that contained the remains of an old motocross track, more than a few French oak / lees stirring for first 4 months and racked aging vehicles, and no vines. Quady’s first planting in 2006 was Mae’s once a year Vineyard and the second planting, EV Vineyard, was established in Alcohol: 13.3% 2011; both are named after the Quady’s two daughters and both are Fined: no farmed organically with biodynamic preparations. However, Herb Filtered: no Quady is most passionate about his L.I.V.E Certified Sustainable, a Country: United States rigorous environmental sustainability program based on the standards : Southern Oregon of Integrated Production. Quady North grows a wide range of grapes Region including many Rhône varieties, Cabernet Franc, Tannat, Malvasia Sub Region: Applegate Valley Bianca, and Orange Muscat across 24 acres. The Quady estate Vineyard: mostly estate fruit vineyards cover 14 acres. The rest of the fruit typically comes from Vineyard Size: 7 acres plots that Herb’s team, led by his mother-in-law, leases and manages. [email protected] 212-233-1504 .