2019 Bundalong Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon (6 Pack)
- Description
- Winemaking
This single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon was picked late to maximise the flavour. Deep red with purple hue, the nose is rich with brooding dark cassis fruit plush and rounded, with some secondary aromas of bitumen and leather. A faint leafy note when swirled.
The palate is powerful and dense with black fruits and great shape with firm structured tannins. This wine will age well and reward careful cellaring.
Made by Peter Bissell, chief winemaker of Balnaves.
Block: Childerley Block
Soil profile: Terra Rossa
Oak: 25% new. Balance in seasoned French oak hogsheads and barriques
Age of release: 3 years
Cases produced 250 dozen
Cellaring potential: 2033Alc Vol: 14%
The fruit for our Cabernet Sauvignon was selected from the Quarry block Cabernet planted in 1990, with only the high rocky ground hand harvested and then put through a berry sorter, to select only the best berries. The grapes were fermented for ten days in a ten-tonne open top stainless-steel fermenter. The wine was matured for fourteen months in fine grain French oak, from a combination of Darnajou, Domaine Fouquet and Saury, 24% new, with the balance in seasoned oak.