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Wine Description
The Story
Cabernet Sauvignon is our heart and soul. It reflects our coastal vineyards and the natural purity of our remote environment. The smallest details are scrutinised throughout the viticulture and winemaking process, hand-selecting fruit from our best Cabernet blocks to create a true site expressive wine.
VINEYARD: Organically farmed Old Block V9, North Block U12, Weightmans Block 5
SOIL: Gravel-loam soils with varying levels of clay or stone
TASTING NOTES:
COLOUR: Medium dark red
NOSE: Sweet black fruits, graphite, mocha and dusty oak
PALATE: Vibrant sweet black fruits, hints of cocoa and cedar, complex, great length and balance, supple tannins
Wine Information
BLEND: 96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Merlot
ALC/VOL: 14.00%
pH: 3.55
TA: 6.2 g/L
VINTAGE: A challenging growing with variable weather conditions. An unseasonably warm end to winter led to early bud-burst, followed by a cooler and windier spring, resulting in yield reduction. A consistently warm summer assisted with early tannin ripeness and balanced flavour development but meant harvest timing was critical to ensure peak varietal expression.
HARVESTED: 27 March to 4 April 2015
WINEMAKING: Hand-picked bunches were destemmed, sorted and fermentated in open and upright fermenters with regular, gentle pumpovers or plunging. Select parcels remained on skins for up to 19 days and the wines then matured for 18 months in French oak with three-monthly rackings, prior to blending, fining and filtration with bottling in January 2017.
AGEING: French oak, 18 months, 50% new, 50% two-year-old