Pride of the Fleurieu Peninsula Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 - Museum Release

Museum Release

This Pride of the Fleurieu Cabernet was grown in the family's pride and joy, overlooking the Finniss River wetlands, Tony Brooks and Prof. Barbara Santich's dry grown Stranger's Reach vineyard cooled by the Great Southern Ocean and Lake Alexandrina where low rainfall and deep alluvial soils encourage Cabernet to populate or perish.

Selected bunches were hand picked by family and friends on March 28th and gently crushed into open top fermenters. After 14 days fermentation the wine was then basket pressed into some new but predominately older French Oak Barriques for 18 months maturation and then bottled without filtration or fining, to capture the essence of the vineyard and will reward cellaring and decanting.

Vale Evelyn (gran) Phillips nee Walker vintage 1921-2010.

Tasting Notes

The nose is scented blueberries, cassis and anise aromas with baking spice, cedar and blackberry notes. The palate is rich, deep, full-flavoured, blueberry, black plums, figs and red berry flavours. Cedar, clove, nutmeg and classic Cabernet tannins softened by smooth, mouth-filling fruit before a really extended finish.

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• RegionEden Valley, South Australia
• Vintage2010
• TypeRed Wine
• VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
• Volume750ml