This wine has a predominance of cabernet (60%) blended with merlot (40%) with a palate of plum, chocolate and dark berries. It is a wine of great balance, with fine, dusty tannins, elegant fruit weight and a long finish. Drink now, or hold out until 2016.

Comments
Generous cassis and black olive bouquet; the palate is firm, but lively with ample fine-grained tannins and fine blueberry fruit on the finish. 91/100,

- James Halliday, 2010 Australian Wine Companion

$25.00 per bottle
(10% discount for orders of a case or more)

Blend
60% Cabernet Sauvignon 40% Merlot

Soil
Granitic loams, deep and free draining.

Harvest
Completed in April; both varietals were hand picked.

Winemaking
The grapes were open tank fermented separately, then airbag pressed. The wine was then blended and left to age in 20% new and 80% old French and American oak for 15 months. The wine was racked prior to bottling. Minimal filtration was used.

Alcohol
14.5%

Closure
Screwcap.

Awards
» Ballarat Wine Show 2008 - Silver Medal
» Rutherglen Wine Show 2008 - Silver Medal


Nose
True to varietals from a warmer region, there are notes of mocha, plums, dark cherries and mulberries with a hint of rosemary herbaecousness adding interest.

Palate
Velvety ripe fruit glides across the tongue, tempered by firmish, fine dusty tannins and a bright acidity that adds crunch and texture. Flavours of chocolate, damson plums and dark berries. It shows an elegant fruit weight and a long finish, with all components very well balanced.