2021 Evans & Tate Metricup Road Cabernet Merlot

A benchmark example of this much-loved Margaret River red blend from the elegant 2021 vintage. Vibrant & deep purple red with an inky black heart. Lovely purity and intensely varietal with characters of blood plums, violets & bay leaf driving the nose and palate. The palate is elegant with fine, smooth tannins and an intensely flavoured core of ripe berry fruits and subtle toasty oak.

Cabernet Sauvignon 57%, Merlot 43% The parcels of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grown for our Metricup Road Cabernet Merlot are located on vineyard sites in the central and northern parts of the Margaret River winegrowing region. These strategic locations were chosen on their ability to consistently produce a wine with intense colour, ripe fruit flavours and a fine, silken tannin profile with the ability to age. The Merlot fruit was picked between midnight and early morning to ensure it reached the winery as cold as possible. The fruit was then gently destemmed and transferred to a fermenter where it was held cold for 3-4 days prior to fermentation. The Cabernet Sauvignon fruit was left on skins post- fermentation for 7-10 days. Maturation in French oak hogsheads for 14 months followed of which 10% was new.