Wakefield Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine information: Wakefield Wines are located in the heart of the Clare Valley and was founded by wine merchant Bill Taylor Senior in 1969 with the purchase of 178 hectares of vineyards near the Wakefield River in Auburn. Wakefield Wines are still known under their original name of Taylor's Wines in Australia. Bill Taylor carefully chose the site for its red brown loam over limestone soils ( this is known as "terra rossa") and cool climate of the Clare valley. The same year, 1969, the first Cabernet Sauvignon vines were planted. Today Wakefield Estate is one of the most highly esteemed cool climate producers in Australia. It is also unique in the fact that all of the grapes are sourced from 400 hectares of family-owned vineyards in the winery which makes it one of the largest single estate plantings in Australia.

Tasting Notes: Wakefield Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is a dark cherry red with hints of violet and a slight purple hue. There are varietal aromas of ripe berry fruit, cassis, black olives and cloves are evident with a hint of liquorice, nutmeg and peppermint. An underlying bouquet of spice, cedar chocolate and faint vanilla is also evident from the French Oak maturation. A long and generous palate with fleshy concentrated sweet varietal flavours. A wine of elegant suppleness with persistent rounded tannins, a flowing balance and a seamless finish. Will benefit from cellaring.

Food & Wine match: Try with a roast leg of lamb with mint sauce and roast vegetables or even a cheese platter with dried fruits and nuts.

Reviews: "It's hard to go wrong with the wines from this family-owned Clare Valley producer, which are invariably good value for money. This is a lip-smackingly good, rich and powerful red wine with plenty of oomph on the palate, oak in harmony and soft tannins. It's a juicy and appealing red wine with that indefinable quality: drinkability." Winsor Dobbin, Sunday Examiner, March 2010. View Product Details

 
     

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