Estate Grown

Vintage 2017
BAROSSA VALLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

VINEYARD NOTES
The Rosenzweig vineyard which is grown on sandy brown loam over red clay and a deep limestone mix, this soil type is ideal for
Cabernet Sauvignon. Cabernet was first planted on this vineyard was planted in 1969. These vines enjoy a small amount of additional food and supplementary water to help maintain then on tough days. The vine is trained to a single wire trellis system with lift wires. Detailed spur pruning gives better bunch positioning and a limited number of grapes per year.

HARVEST NOTES
2017 growing season was one of the wettest on record. Cooler than average spring and early summer meant the vines grew slowly but healthily. Two short bursts of high temperatures. Two well-timed rain events in late January and early February kept vines healthy and in no rush to ripen, with the rest of February remaining dry. The average minimum and maximum temperatures for March were 2 to 3oC above average, followed by a notable shift to much cooler nights from late March onwards. This parcel was fermented in 3 open ferments with 8, 9 & 11 days on skins, plunged and pumped over. 6% whole berry, foot stomped and plunged, open cage bag pressed. The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation then we rack and return to barrel for maturation. 100% French seasoned oak. This is a single vineyard wine blended for bottling.

TASTING NOTES
Blackcurrant, blueberry and cigar box aromas and flavours with the palate given length from dusty cedary oak and a firm tight tannin
structure

"Wonderfully ripe and complex, the gorgeously fragrant bouquet shows crème de cassis, spicy oak, subtle tobacco and dark spice notes, leading to a mouthfilling palate exhibiting excellent concentration and multi-layered mouthfeel. It's brilliantly structured by fine chalky tannins, finishing immensely long and gratifying. At its best: 2023 to 2037." 96 Points - Wine Orbit, Sam Kim.

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