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2019 Mai & Kenji Hodgson, Flotsam Rouge, Vin de France

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Cabernet Franc
Ready - at best
Product: 20198172101
2019 Mai & Kenji Hodgson, Flotsam Rouge, Vin de France

Description

Mai and Kenji, hailing from Japan and Canada respectively, found their winemaking inspiration in France in 2009. Their journey began with tourist visas, but a meeting with local winemakers ignited a new passion. Settling in France, they embraced the wisdom of Anjou's farmers, cultivating 4.5 acres with meticulous care. In their cellar, simplicity reigns, with no high-tech gadgets and additives, just patience and trust in natural processes.

Their 2019 Flotsam offers a departure from tradition, crafted from the resilience of young Cabernet Franc vines. Whole cluster fermentation lends a lively character, offering a fruit bouquet and notes of bright berries with a subtle hint of wood from its brief ageing in barrel. With a modest 12.5% alcohol content, it's an easy-drinking choice.

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Maturity Ready - at best
Grape List Cabernet Franc
Body Full Bodied
Producer Mai & Kenji Hodgson

About this wine

Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Franc is widely planted in Bordeaux and is the most important black grape grown in the Loire. In the Médoc it may constitute up to 15% of a typical vineyard - it is always blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot and is used to add bouquet and complexity to the wines. It is more widely used in St.Emilion where it adapts well to the cooler and moister clay soils - Cheval Blanc is the most famous Cabernet Franc wine in the world, with the final blend consisting of up to 65% of the grape.
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France

France

France is the world’s leading fine wine producer. Its key regions – Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Loire, Rhône, Alsace and, increasingly, Languedoc Roussillon – set the benchmark internationally for a diverse range of wine styles. The country’s grape varieties are grown, and its wines emulated, throughout the world.
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Mai & Kenji Hodgson

Mai & Kenji Hodgson's venture into viticulture began unexpectedly: Kenji, initially pursuing a career as a wine writer, found himself in Japan for an internship. It was there that he crossed paths with a winemaker advocating for natural winemaking, and his introduction to French natural wines ignited his passion.
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