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Wine Description
The Story
At the southern end of the Barossa, near Mount Crawford, a magnificent property called Corryton Park, established over 150 years ago, stands proudly with the entrance marked by two grand pillars. It was established by Grant Burge as a super-premium Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard that was to become unrivalled within the Barossa. One of the highest and coolest sites in the Barossa region, it provides perfect conditions for creating world-class Cabernet with finesse, depth and complexity.
The 2013 Corryton Park Cabernet Sauvignon is a combination of excellent fruit sourced from both the Corryton Park vineyard and specially selected complementary parcels from the Barossa Valley floor. The 2013 vintage provided extremely dry conditions throughout the entire growing season. A cool, dry winter continued to a dry spring and summer, leading to lower than average yields. On the positive, low-yielding vineyards led to some sensational quality, particularly the reds that are showing great colour and mighty structures.
The Corryton Park vineyard is always picked as small, separate batches that are crushed and fermented separately to highlight the innate variations between different clonal plantings and microclimates across the vineyard. After primary fermentation, the wines are carefully evaluated and several parcels are selected to remain on skins for up to 30 days for a process called extended maceration, which sees the wines develop richness of flavour and softening of tannins. After pressing and racking, the wine was matured in French oak hogsheads for a minimum of 18 months.
