NV Autumn Harvest Red

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AUTUMN HARVEST
CABERNET
NV MARGARET RIVER

Autumn Harvest Red is produced from 50% Margaret River cabernet sauvignon 40% Merlot and 10% Cabernet France.  

Non Vintage Wine

No two vintages are the same, similar yes, but the same -never.

This wine was made using wine from three different vintages, 2004 and 2005. Non-vintage table wines are rarely made although it is a much more common practice for Australian sparkling wines and of course Champagne.  By blending across more than one vintage allows the wine maker to combine the soft aged characters of the earlier vintage with the vibrancy of the more youthful wine to produce a wine which is as once approachable, complex and satisfying. 

Wine Makers Notes: 

The grapes were picked cool, crushed and fermentation was initiated on skins.  The wine was separated from skins when the desired level of colour had been imparted.

Fermentation was completed at an average temperature of 20 degrees.  The yeast used with this wine is temperature sensitive enabling us to stop the fermentation, with cooling, to retain the desired level of natural grape sugars. 

Tasting Notes 

Colour: Vibrant red.
Bouquet: Blackberry with a touch of fresh green herbs.
Palate: Medium bodied, sweet blackberry fruit.  This is a soft, sweet, very tempting wine, made to have immediate drinking appeal. Serve chilled.
Wine Maker: David Moss
Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc
Soil Type:  Laterite gravel loam.
Average grape Baume: 13.0
Wine pH: 3.6
Wine TA: 6.0
Residual sugar: 30gm/L
Alcohol: 14%Alc/Vol.

Standard drinks: 8.3