Pemberton, Western Australia. Merlot 53%, Cabernet Franc 23%, Cabernet Sauvignon 24%Medium/full bodied, with an attractive array of red fruits, soft and round; cassis, raspberry and blackcurrant. The outstanding features of this wine are its structure, fine grained tannins, and low pH without high acidity, excellent colour and pronounced fruit flavours. It should drink superbly for up to twenty years. Great with a juicy steak or even a cheese platter.
CELLARING With careful cellaring, this wine has the cellaring potential for 20 years.
The Picardy site was specially selected in Pemberton for its high altitude and well drained loam soils. This is cool climate viticulture at its best. The vines are planted on a northerly facing slope for maximum exposure to sunlight. Vine age at time of harvest is 11 years.
VINIFICATION The vines are dry grown, cane pruned and handpicked, which in turn encourages low yields. In the winery the grapes are firstly destemmed, then transferred into small open fermenters to be hand plunged four times a day. This wine is then matured for 12 months in specially imported new to four year old small French oak barriques.
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