This wine is a selection of our best parcels of Cabernet Sauvignon from the 2016 Vintage. Lovingly cellared and drinking superbly, this wine is an absolute treat.

VINEYARDS

Wilyabrup is a well-known subregion of Margaret River and consistently produces outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon. This region produces wines with lovely ripe, supple fruit tannins. The site for this wine is completely dry grown on gravel loam soils, the quality of the site is reflected in its ability to grow healthy well balanced canopies and ultimately grapes. 

SEASON

The 2016 vintage in Margaret River was an exceptional and highly age-worthy growing season. Rains during the month of January helped to freshen up the vineyard and top our dams and water tanks. Fortunately these rains were followed by sunny dry conditions and we found minimal disease pressure in the vineyard, which was mitigated with a little crop thinning. Yields produced normal cropping levels and the balance in the wines is excellent.

WINEMAKING

Hand-picked fruit is crushed and destemmed to Static Fermenters. Ferments are maintained at cool temperatures with minimal pump overs, to ensure delicate extraction of flavours and colour. The wine is on skins for up to one month and then pressed off to a mix of French oak barrels - forty percent in new and the remainder into second and third use oak for eighteen months barrel maturation.

TASTING NOTES

A complex bouquet of cassis, graphite and violets. The palate is beautifully balanced and finely structured showing dark forest berries and smooth fine tannins. A wonderful elegant expression of our signature Cabernet Sauvignon.