2006 THE RINGMASTER clare valley CABERNET SAUVIGNON
The colour is deep purple with red hues and has a bouquet that is complex with violets, spice and black fruit. The palate has good fruit intensity and length with cedar and oak spice balanced with fine long tannins and good acidity.
The winter rains provided good subsoil moisture and a cool January and a warm to hot February and March allowed the fruit to fully ripen. We picked in early March, destemmed and crushed before fermentation in Potter fermenters. The juice was racked and returned once a day for 2 weeks and at sugar dryness the skins were pressed the wine was then transferred to tank and Malolactic fermentation was induced once the malo was complete the wine was returned to oak were it aged for 18 months.
| Alcohol Content: |
14.5% |
| Yields per acre: |
4 tonnes |
| Cases produced: |
5000 |
| Appelation: |
Clare Valley |
| Filtration and fining: |
Minimal at bottling |
| Varietal composition: |
90% Cab Sav, 10% Shiraz |
| Length of barrel maturation: |
18 months |
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