2020 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Sourced from our Estate vineyard blocks of contiguous plantings of Bordeaux varieties. All fruit was hand-picked (over a 2-week period to achieve a range of ripeness levels), hand-sorted, destemmed and crushed to small open vats. Stalks were added back to select parcels for additional complexity. A mix of natural fermentation and inoculated varietally-compatible commercial yeasts. Cuvaison length ranging from 1 to 5 weeks on skins. Hand-plunged a maximum of once per day. All components aged separately prior to blending for bottle. Small additions of Block 10 D3V14-clone Merlot, Block 8 1334-clone Cabernet Franc and Block 7 CW14-clone Malbec were included at blending for enhanced mid-palate weight, complexity and vibrancy.

From a warmer 2020 Yarra Valley vintage characterised by minimal crops and tiny bunches, this is one of our most savoury yet immensely varietal projections of Cabernet Sauvignon. The late season Cabernet Sauvignon benefited greatly, showing taut slow-building power in a medium-bodied framework with restraint and precision. This timelessly refined varietal expression is the result of an assemblage of fourteen individual small batches sourced from Blocks 8, 10 and 11 on our Maroondah Highway vineyard.