Angove Family Crest Mclaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon

Winemaking

Cabernet Sauvignon’s thick skins and small berries can result in wines which display a lot of tannin. To combat this tendency, the skins need to be handled carefully. McLaren Vale Cabernet benefi ts from cool maceration at 10°C prior to fermentation, allowing the colour and soft tannins to be extracted from the skins in the grapes’ natural water and sugar solution. It is then warmed and inoculated with yeast, then fermented at 20 to 25°C before basket pressing to barrel. The wine was matured in French oak for 12 months, with the fi nal blend selected from the best barrels, and assembled just prior to bottling

Testing Nose

Deep red with purple hues. Spice, pepper, red cherry and black chocolate aromas precede a palate of dark chocolate and liquorice, red cherry/raspberry with mouth-filling presence and soft lingering tannins.