Cellar Release Cabernet Sauvignon
Our Cellar Release Cabernet Sauvignon captures a moment in time, shaped by season and craft – its character deepened through careful maturation for ten years, just as our founder, Michael Wright, always intended.
Varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot
Palate
Complex, great length and balance, supple tannins
Nose
Sweet red berries, graphite, mocha and dusty oak
Maturation
Tight-grained French oak, 18 months, 50% new
Organic Status
Organically farmed
Vintage
2016
Growing conditions
A dynamic growing season with variable weather conditions. An unseasonably warm end to winter led to early bud-burst, followed by a cooler and windier spring, resulting in natural yield reduction. A consistently warm summer assisted with excellent early tannin ripeness and balanced flavour development but meant
harvest timing was critical to ensure peak varietal expression.
Winemaker notes
Hand-harvested parcels of fruit from our very best vineyard blocks are kept separate during vinification, including 18 months of maturation in 50% new and 50% two-year-old French oak barriques. A wine of great structure, complexity and depth of flavour, yet also displaying elegance and balance, our Cabernet Sauvignon will reward cellaring up to 20 years.