2017 Estate Cabernet
$35.00
“fabulous fruit purity”
Out of stock
- Vintage: 2017
- Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
- Alcohol:14%
- Region: Hilltops
- Case Size: 12
- Bottle Size: 750ml
- Country: Australia
Awards
Vintage 2017
- 95pts – Stephen Read, Wine Matrix
- 94pts – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
- 94pts – Vinsomniac
Vintage 2016
- 94pts – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Vintage 2014
- 96pts – James Halliday
- TROPHY – NSW Small Winemakers Show 2015
- TROPHY – Australian Cool Climate Wine Show 2015
- GOLD – Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2015
- GOLD – NSW Wine Awards
- GOLD – Royal Hobart International Wine Show 2015
- GOLD – The National Wine Show of Australia 2015
- GOLD – Riverina Wine Show 2015
- GOLD – NSW Small Winemakers Show 2015
- GOLD – Australian Cool Climate Wine Show 2015
Vintage 2013
- 96pts – James Halliday
- TROPHY – NSW Small Winemakers Show 2014
- TROPHY – NSW Wine Awards 2014
- GOLD – The National Wine Show of Australia 2014
- GOLD – NSW Small Winemakers Show 2014
- GOLD – NSW Wine Awards 2014
Vintage 2010
- 94pts – James Halliday
Technical & Tasting Notes
VITICULTURE
Shoot thinned & leaf thinned with nearly all the fruit coming from our low yielding (1.5 tonnes pa), old vine block.
WINE MAKING
Cold soaked pre-ferment, 12 day fermentation, barrel aged in new and used French hogsheads and barriques for 12 months. Multiple rackings to clarify, aerate (enhancing the sensory properties of the wine) and to help form pigmented tannins which improve mouthfeel and stabalize colour.
TASTING NOTES
A complex nose of pure cassis fruit, violets, crushed blackberries, dried herbs and cedary oak. Generous and stylish, the palate is bright & lifted with lovely complexity. A classy wine that finishes as elegantly as it begins with fine supple tannins.
Reviews
Vintage 2017
“Aromas of cassis, blackberry, mint, tomato bush with herbal notes and cedar vanilla oak all add up to a very interesting complex nose. The palate is intense with blackberry, cassis, integrated vanilla oak and active tannins, give a full mouthfeel smooth and balanced, with many levels involved. There is great length to the finish with potential to age for 7+ years.” – Stephen Read, Wine Matrix
“Unmistakeably classic Cabernet profile.. Medium bodied, mulberry and subtle plum hints; tannin offers a fine rasp, structure ahoy and serves as a vehicle for delivering fruit and an acidic presence. Drive, presence, persistence. Quality.” Stuart Robinson, Vinsomniac
“Beautifully fragrant and immediately appealing, the wine shows crème de cassis, plum, violet and toasted nut characters on the nose, followed by a concentrated palate that is silky and lingering. The wine is wonderfully supported and structured by fine-grained tannins, finishing long and satisfying. At its best: now to 2030.” – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Vintage 2016
“Wonderful aromas of cassis, plum jelly, cigar, game and cedar lead to a concentrated palate that is intensely flavoured yet refined and poised. The wine offers fabulous fruit purity and silky texture, as well as elegant oak infusion, brilliantly framed by fine, chalky tannins.” – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
“Good colour; intense varietal fruit bouquet and palate. Cassis rides high, but doesn’t leave tannins and oak in its wake..” –Halliday Wine Companion
“Supple and polished, medium-bodied and elegant; laced with violets, cassis, small red berries, blueberries and fresh cedar/vanilla oak, with undertones of dried herbs and a fine, dusty backbone.” – Jeremy Oliver
Vintage 2014
“Vibrant, full crimson-purple; an ultra expressive bouquet, cassis, with a hand maiden of oak. Nigh on the perfect expression of cool grown cabernet, cassis, gossamer tannins and cedary oak a silken card without end.” – James Halliday
Vintage 2013
“A powerful, layered, but perfectly balanced and structured cabernet, with persistent cool grown cassis fruit supported by ripe tannins.” – James Halliday
Vintage 2010
“… A last minute decision was made to declassify this from the Reserve label, albeit for no particular reason that I can see. It has juicy cassis and redcurrant fruit, the oak and tannins with precise support, the finish long and balanced.” – James Halliday
