Broc Cellars KouKou Cabernet Franc 2021 from Santa Barbara County, a natural red wine showcasing the 2021 vintage
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Broc Cellars KouKou Cabernet Franc 2021

$35.00
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Tasting notes

This is Cabernet Franc stripped of its conventional weight: whole-cluster fermentation in concrete pulls out fresh strawberry, red plum, and a telltale green pepper note without any heaviness or oak influence. At 12% ABV, it stays lively and bright, and it genuinely improves with a 20-minute chill in the fridge.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
StrawberryRed PlumGreen PepperCranberry
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:Red Wine
Wine Style:Light Body
Grapes:Cabernet Franc
Farming:Sustainable
Vintage:2021
Alcohol:12%
Country:USA
Region:Santa Barbara County
Appellation:Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara AVA
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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Producer profile

Broc Cellars

Broc Cellars was founded in 2002 by owner and winemaker Chris Brockway and is based in Berkeley, California, operating as an urban winery. Brockway grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, studied at UC Davis and then completed his oenology degree at Fresno State. He began working at JC Cellars, a conventional Oakland winery, while simultaneously frequenting Terroir, San Francisco's first natural wine bar, which shaped his winemaking direction. Bridget Leary joined as general manager in 2015. In 2021, Brockway took over farming operations at Fox Hill Vineyard in Mendocino County, and in 2023 the winery purchased the 60-acre site outright; it became CCOF-certified organic in 2024.

Broc Cellars sources exclusively from organically farmed vineyards across California, though not all hold formal certification. The winery works with family-owned growers who share its low-intervention philosophy, including the Santa Ynez Vineyard for this wine, which is farmed organically but not certified. Brockway harvests early to preserve acidity and keep alcohol levels moderate.

All Broc Cellars wines are made with spontaneous fermentation using only native yeasts and bacteria from the grapes themselves. No nutrients, commercial yeast, bacteria, enzymes, or tannins are added at any stage. Sulfur is never added during fermentation or aging; if used at all, a minimal amount is added at bottling depending on the wine and vintage. The winery facility in Berkeley includes stainless steel, concrete, and wooden tanks as well as a dedicated barrel and concrete egg room. KouKou specifically uses concrete tanks throughout, with whole-cluster fermentation, foot stomping, and pump-overs before 10 months of concrete aging.

Wine region

Santa Barbara County, USA

Santa Barbara County sits roughly 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles and is defined by its east-west transverse mountain ranges, which funnel cool Pacific air and fog into the valley floors. The county contains several AVAs with significantly different climates, ranging from the cool, fog-heavy Sta. Rita Hills in the west to the warm, inland Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara AVA in the east. KouKou's fruit comes from the Santa Ynez Vineyard within Happy Canyon, the warmest mesoclimate in the Santa Ynez Valley, where summer daytime temperatures regularly climb into the low-to-mid 90s Fahrenheit before dropping dramatically at night due to a pronounced diurnal shift.

Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara was designated an AVA in November 2009 and covers 23,941 acres at elevations ranging from 500 feet in the southwest to 3,430 feet in the northeast foothills of the San Rafael Range. Its soils are a complex mixture of loam and clay loam embedded with red and yellow chert and serpentine cobbles, which are mineral-rich but low in nutrients. These low-vigor soils produce smaller vines and reduced yields, which suits Bordeaux varieties including Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Malbec. A north-south mountain ridge approximately 12 miles to the west blocks direct Pacific coastal breezes during the day while cooling breezes and morning fog roll through the canyon in the early morning and late afternoon.

Frequently asked question

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

See here our shipping policy.

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If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

We also have the option of delivering the package to a Carrier's store for pickup. Please reach out to us to coordinate.

Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

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If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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