RESERVE
Cabernet Merlot
Growing Region: Langhorne Creek 65%, McLaren Vale 35%
Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon 78%, Merlot 22%
Alcohol: 13.5%
Sugar : 0.1 gm/l
Acidity: 6.0 gm/l
PREMIUM AUSTRALIAN WINES
BERESFORD WINES
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RESERVE Cabernet Merlot
Growing Region: Langhorne Creek 65%, McLaren Vale 35% Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon 78%, Merlot 22% Alcohol: 13.5% Sugar : 0.1 gm/l Acidity: 6.0 gm/l |
WINEMAKER COMMENTS
The two most famous grape-growing areas of the Fleurieu Peninsula have each made major contributions to this richly flavoured, delightful wine. The lifted, eucalypt mintiness so typical of Langhorne Creek has matched beautifully with the ripe, plummy strength of the McLaren Vale. The result is a wine of many dimensions of breadth and length of flavour as well as layers of alternately mint, mulberry, oak and spice.
It is delightful with most rich meat dishes, rare beef, kangaroo or mature chesses.
TASTING NOTES
| Colour | : Vibrant rich red / purple. |
| Nose | : Minty, eucalypt fruit flavours and subtle smoky oak. |
| Palate |
: Lifted, fresh fruit richness with a soft full middle palate and long finish with firm but not aggressive tannin and oak characters. |
AWARDS
| 1998 vintage : |
Silver Medal, Class 18, Brisbane Wine Show 1999. Silver Medal, Class 8, Royal Adelaide Wine Show 1999. Bronze Medal, Class 19, Royal Adelaide Wine Show 1999 |