The Coveted Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
Generous with sweet berry fruit flavours which offers a rich, seamless palate. The wine is juicy and very approachable, with seductive, chewy, lingering tannins.
Tasting Notes
COLOUR
Lively deep brick red with a vibrant purple hue.
NOSE
Fresh and lifted, featuring lifted aromas of mulberry, chocolate, and hazelnut with subtle mint overtones. The background cedary oak is integrated and adds additional complexity.
PALATE
Generous with sweet berry fruit flavours which offers a rich, seamless palate. The wine is juicy and very approachable, with seductive, chewy, lingering tannins.
Winemaking
68% of this Cabernet is sourced from the Wills Domain Vineyard, with the rest from the adjoining Yallingup Estate in the Gunyulgup Valley. Hand-picked in the cool of the morning in mid-April before the late April rains, the grapes were destemmed and fermented in closed-top fermenters at 22º–28ºC for 14 days. They were then macerated on skins for seven days before being pressed and racked into barrels for malolactic fermentation. In June, the wines were racked, returned to barrels, and matured in cool conditions before being blended, filtered, and bottled in February 2024.
Food Pairing
Greek-style barbequed lamb steaks with tzatziki sauce.