Winemaker Notes
This wine has a wild, ethereal presence of briary, hedgerow fruits, fragrant sweet spice and doughy oak notes that provide warmth and dimension. More refined than robust, the palate’s soft, plush red fruits give richness and the fine line of tannins, length and structure.
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Wine Enthusiast
Despite being in the cooler climes of the Great Southern region of Western Australia, this is a full-bodied and powerful wine. Quiet on the nose at first, it takes some time in decanter or glass before it starts to reveal its brambly fruit, tobacco, dried herb and slightly synthetic, vanillin oak nuances. The palate starts off a little clunky thanks to the oak but with time the juicy fruit, herbs and muscular, taut tannins all work together to form a cohesive, chalky-textured, wintery sipper. Drink now–2035.
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
Occupying the tip of Western Australia’s spectacular southern coastline is a wine region of impressive natural diversity called the Great Southern. Here cool climate loving varieties like Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc grow in vineyards hugging its jagged coastlines.
Farther inland, among Great Southern's rolling hills and flatlands, a more pronounced temperature shift between day and night is perfect for the the production of exciting Riesling wines as well as impressive Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz.