2021 Classic Cabernet Merlot

colour

Vibrant purple, with a brilliant red rim.

aroma

Bold redcurrant and cranberry notes with a touch of dried herbs. 

palate

Plum, blackberry and black olive flavours drive the wine with a lovely soft and fleshy structure.

cellaring

Drinking well now and will continue to do so for up to five years from vintage.

vintage

The 2021 vintage in Margaret River produced very fine, refined wines. It was cool and wet in parts, with the best Cabernet vineyards producing distinctly medium-bodied wines with great poise and silky tannins.

winemaking

The grapes were sourced from our vineyards in northern and central Margaret River from sites ideally suited to growing these two varieties. Fermentation in static fermenters followed picking in the cool of the morning to ensure a slow, steady onset to fermentation. The Merlot portion was cold soaked for five days, which was followed by an early pressing to ensure a softly structured wine at blending. The wine matured in well seasoned old oak barriques and hogheads for seven months before bottling.    

region

Margaret River 

varieties

Cabernet Sauvignon

Merlot

analysis

• Alcohol: 14.0% 

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