Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Current vintage
2008
A deeply coloured red wine with a typical aroma and flavour of blackcurrant complemented by flavours of dark cherry, chocolate and spice. This is an outstanding wine with excellent balance and long firm tannins that becomes more complex with age. A period of decanting is recommended.
Appearance
Deep purple with red hues.
Bouquet
Hints of mint with red cherry and blackcurrant fruits, earthy spice and dusty lifted oak.
Palate
Generous and flavoursome mid palate with sweet juicy blackcurrant and red cherry fruits. A well structured wine, with the youthful tacky textural grape tannins integrated with elegant oak tannins to achieve finesse and balance.
Winemaking
Sourced from premium McLaren Vale vineyards with well drained sandy loam soils and red alluvium. Harvested when fruit flavours, grape tannins and acids reached maturity. Fermentation on skins was for 8 - 10 days with all of the wine completing barrel fermentation. Considered maturation of each vineyard batch in oak specifically matched to these Cabernet vineyards from a range of French coopers. The batches were shifted between different oak types to impart layers of flavour and enhance the structure during its 20 month maturation in new and used oak barrels. Barrel by barrel selection during all stages of maturation ensure only the best Cabernet barrels were selected for the final blend.
Technical analysis
- Alcohol 14.5%
Ageing potential
A vibrant and elegant wine which will drink well from mid 2010 onwards and will reward careful cellaring till at least 2018 and beyond.
Awards
Blue Gold/Top 100, Sydney International Wine Competition 2011
Silver Medal, Japan Wine Challenge 2011
Silver Medal, International Wine & Spirit Competition 2010
Silver Medal, Sydney Royal Wine Show 2010
Bronze Medal, National Wine Show (Canberra) 2011
Bronze Medal, WSA Wine Challenge, Singapore 2010
Bronze Medal, International Wine Challenge (UK) 2010
Bronze Medal, Decanter World Wine Awards 2010
Bronze Medal, McLaren Vale Wine Show 2011
Bronze Medal, Perth Royal Wine Show 2011
Bronze Medal, National Wine Show of Australia 2010
Bronze Medal, Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2009
Bronze Medal, Royal Queensland Wine Show 2010
Bronze Medal, Royal Hobart Wine Show 2010
Viticulturalist
Nick Wiltshire
Winemaker
Chris Dix & Scott Zrna
Tasting notes
2008 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
2008 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon in Large Print
2006 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
2006 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon in Large Print
2005 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
Press Reviews
"Deep purple with red hues. Hints of mint writh red cherry and blackcurrant fruits, earthy spice and dusty. lilted oak. Generous and flavoursome mid-late sweet juicy blackcurant and red cherry fruits, A well-structured wine with the youthful tacky texturef grape tannins integrated with elegant oak tannins to achieve finesse and balance."
Peter Bourne, Australian Gourmet Traveller Wine Nov/Dec 2010
"Loaded with fruit and backed up with great oak."
National Liquor News Review, June 2011
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