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Cracka Review
Western Australian Cab Sauv needs no introduction, and this one from Forest Hill is from a single block of the best grapes on the estate. Dense smells of dark berries and cherries, choc-mint and toasted cedar waft out of the glass, along with hints of crushed leaves. The palate is medium-bodied and graceful, with juicy blackcurrant, chocolate and subtle mint flavours, a generous lick of oak, some fine but grippy tannins, and a taut, bright lingering finish that will see this push on in the cellar for another 5 to 7 years.
Winemaker's Notes
Winemaking: The best fruit from our oldest Cabernet Sauvignon sites was handpicked into crates before being de-stemmed and crushed into closed fermenters and inoculated. The ferments were pumped over with aeration twice a day; temperature was held around 25°C. The wine was then pressed to new & used French barriques for malolactic fermentation, allowing a soft integration of the grape and oak tannins. The wine was blended, fined with egg whites and bottled after 18 months maturation.
Vintage Notes: The 2013 growing season and vintage provided many challenges for growing and winemaking in the Great Southern region. Hot spells throughout the summer months, particularly late December and January, saw little rain (just ~27mm) until harvest. This particularly hot and dry period put stress on some blocks to maintain crop level. Though the dry spell brought harvest dates forward, all of Forest Hill’s dry grown blocks retained intrinsic natural acidity and consistent flavour profile and tannin structure.
Tasting Notes: Dark crimson red. Dark berry aromas with chocolate, rosemary & thyme notes. Dusty tannin backbone layered with ripe berry fruit and dried herbs. The palate is complex with a long savoury finish.
Alc/vol: 14.0%
Expert Reviews
James Halliday (2013 Vintage) says
Hand-picked, de-stemmed and crushed, open-fermented at 25°C with cultured yeast, matured in French barriques (40% new) for 18 months. High quality Cabernet, so typical of Mount Barker, the flavours so intense they draw saliva to capture the blackcurrant, graphite and bay leaf flavours of the medium to full-bodied palate, tannins making extreme length a given, oak only a memory.
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