Winemaker's Notes

This wine is a classic example of Margaret River Cabernet Merlot – a wine that has a varietal Cabernet bouquet and fruit structure complemented with chocolate flavours and fine tannins by way of a Merlot component.

Tasting Notes

Composition: 62% Cabernet Sauvignon 38% Merlot

Colour:  Deep purple red.

Aroma: Ripe plum, fruits of the forest, cassis and bramble bush layered over fine grained French oak with cinnamon and nutmeg spice. Dark fruited Merlot and spice comes through with a fine classical Margaret River Cabernet varietal lift which completes the impression.

Palate:  A medium bodied wine, flavours of plum and spice leads to a mouth-filling middle palate with soft grainy tannins to finish. Chocolate oak completes and compliments the wine to make a classical Margaret River style.

Food matching: Lamb cutlets.

Cellaring:  Five years

Alcohol:  14.5 % vol. 

Standard drinks:  approximately 8.6