Tasting Notes

Winemaker’s Tasting Notes: COLOR: Brilliant red in appearance with youthful purple hues. BOUQUET: Aromas of red currant, mixed spice and vanillin oak. PALATE: Flavors of sweet red berries, earth and spice are prominent in the round, full flavored cabernet style.

Food Accompaniments

Corned Lamb Rump served on a bed of Horseradish mash with broad beans and a caper & grain mustard sauce.

Awards, Reviews and other Notes

88 pts Wine Enthusiast 2/1/08

Winemaker Notes

Viticultural practices:
Yields per acre: N/a
Cases produced: 5,062
Appellation: Riverina
Filtration and fining: Cold stabilised at -3°C & coarse earth filtered
Varietal composition: 97% Cabernet Sauvignon & 3% Merlot
Wood treatment: All ferments received American oak treatment. All components were matured using French & American oak. 15% of the blend received maturation in American & French hogsheads for 12 months.

Winemaker's notes: Grapes were picked in March 2004. Fruit was crushed/destemmed. Fermentation took place in Vinimatics at 23°C, rotated every 6 hours as well as static 42 tonne fermenters with auto irrigators.

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Wine Spec Sheet

831881000274

Alcohol: 14 %
pH: 3.62
Total Acid: Volatile Acidity:0.51g/L Titratable Acidity: 6.47 g/L
Residual Sugar: 4.40 g/L
Free/Total Sulfur: Free: 28 mg/L Total: 65 mg/L

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