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Forest Hill 'Block 5' Cabernet Sauvignon 2024
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- TASTING NOTE: "This has such beautiful form and flow. A slick, slippery and compact wine of elegant restraint despite the deep core of blue and black berry fruit character, black olive notes, sea spray, sage leaf, pepper and clove. It's so trim and taut, lengthy and impressive in its carriage of scents and flavours. A masterclass in cabernet, elegance and restraint, finesse and finery. And delicious." 96 Points - Mike Bennie, Halliday Wine Companion
- ABOUT THE WINE: Hand-picked from specific small sections of our old dry grown vines. Chilled, hand sorted at the winery and destemmed into small open and closed fermenters (stainless, concrete and oak). Cold soak for several days before primary fermentation. The fermenters were hand plunged depending on taste and ferment stage. The wine was then pressed to French oak hogsheads (~25% new), blended and bottled after 12 months maturation.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Forest Hill Vineyard has a unique place in the history of Western Australia’s wine industry, being the first cool climate vineyard planted in the state in 1965 as an experiment by the Western Australian Department of Agriculture. The original vineyard was planted with Riesling and Cabernet cuttings sourced from the Houghton's property in the Swan Valley. The property was purchased by the Lyons family in 1996 who embarked on a program to rejuvenate the old vineyards and plant appropriate new ones.
- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: Great Southern, Western Australia
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SUBREGION: Mount Barker
- VARIETAL: Cabernet Sauvignon
- WINE STYLE: Red Wine
- WINEMAKER: Liam Carmody, Guy Lyons
- CLASSIFICATION: Sustainable Farming
- CLOSURE: Screwcap
- ABV%: 13.8%
- SIZE: 750ml
