CABERNET SAUVIGNON / GREAT SOUTHERN / 2012

COLOUR

Bright mid-garnet. NOSE

Deep nose of mulberry & blackberry with hints of fine cedar from the French oak. PALATE

Classic medium bodied cool climate cabernet structure. Smooth and rich with excellent fruit intensity with red & black berries. Leafy, earthy notes with layers of savoury, powdery tannin. Lovely balance & persistence .

WINEMAKER COMMENTS

Hand selected bunches from the best patches of cabernet. De-stemmed, small batch fermented, some extended post fermentation maceration. Twenty months in French oak barriques. FOOD PAIRING

It is an ideal food wine which would suit a wide range of red meat

dishes from a simple country casserole. Rare barbecued beef fillet

would match this wine to perfection.

VINTAGE NOTES

The Great Southern experienced another excellent growing season in 2012. A wet spring was followed by a summer which was consistently warm but not hot. There were two very hot days late January, which didn’t affect Kalgan River vineyard due to our proximity to cooling southern ocean breezes. All fruit was harvested in good to excellent condition with no pressure from disease or pests.

WINEMAKER: LUKE ECKERSLEY

GROWING AREA: KALGAN RIVER, GREAT SOUTHERN

BOTTLING DATE: JANUARY 2014

BLEND: 100% CABERNET SAUVIGNON

TITRATABLE ACIDITY: 6.6G/L / PH: 3.63

ALC /VOL : 13.5% / RESIDUAL SUGAR : 0.00G/L

MATURATION : 20 MONTHS IN OAK

OAK: 38% NEW FRENCH OAK BARRELS