Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Grape Varietals & Region: 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, with 4% Cabernet France & 2% Petit Verdot. Coming from the Moss Wood vineyard in Wilyabrup, Western Australia

Taste Profile: Bright condition, deep ruby with purple hues. Bright and lifted aromatics with intense dark fruits of mulberry, blackberry, blueberry and plum. These fruit notes then give way to tobacco leave, cigar box, sage and bay leaf. The oak is subtle and integrated with notes of vanilla bean, cinnamon and cedar. The palate is dense and rich in all of the Cabernet fruit spectrum- blackberry, blueberry, red currants and black cherry. Fresh acidity and violets sit in behind this as well as background notes of nutmeg, clove and earth. Tannins are dense, mouth coating and velvet-like with subtle, dusty oak notes on the finish.

Winemaking Process:All the fruit was hand harvested and delivered to the winery, where it was carefully hand-sorted and destemmed. Each variety was then placed into small, open fermenters and seeded for primary fermentation with multiple yeast strains and hand plunged 3 times per day, for extraction of colour and flavour. Time on skins varied from 13 to 16 days, depending on tannin balance and after pressing, each batch underwent malolactic fermentation in stainless steel before being adjusted and racked to oak. The wine ages separately for 6 months, before being blended & returned to wood for another 20 months of ageing before bottling