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2022 Cabernet Sauvignon
Showing beautiful varietal character with violets, blueberry and a hint of black olive - unmistakable Cabernet. The palate flows with mouth filling fruit character, even and long finishing with balanced tannin and acid.
This wine will benefit from some time in the cellar.
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- Vegan
Variety
Cabernet Sauvignon
Region
Clare Valley
Food Pairing
Red meat
Vintage
2022
Colour
Inky maroon.
Bouquet
Varietal aroma, choc-mint, dried tobacco leaf, blueberry and spice.
Palate
Deeply concentrated blueberry continues on the palate, with mocha, anise and cigar-box spice, finishing with elegant tannins.
Ageing Potential
15+ years.
Vineyard
Fruit is sourced from two subregions within the Clare Valley: the organically certified, dry grown and low yielding 'Doctor's Block' in the Polish Hill River region, and the Armagh vineyard, which produces fruit from 50-year-old dry grown vines. The loam soils are comprised of sand, silt and clay, which support the root structure of the vine, influence the drainage levels and affect the amount of minerals and nutrients that the vine is exposed to - in short, they are vital in producing good quality fruit.
Vinification
Fermented in two and four tonne fermeneters - using natural yeast and hand-plunged - the fruit was not crushed, just de-stemmed. The berries were slowly broken over the 10 day ferment. The wine was then left on skins for 25 days to enhance tannin complexity and maximise flavour and length. Pressed and racked to oak after four days (25% new French oak; 75% one- and two-year-old French oak) for a total of two years.
Technical Details
Alcohol - 14.5%
pH - 3.45
Acidity - 7g/L