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CARSONS Cabernets
Cabernet Franc 74% Cabernet Sauvignon 26%
Colour: Dark Ruby red
Aroma: Dense black berry and currant fruits, violet floral scents with cocoa notes.
Palate: Generous juicy feel of dark fruit flavours with a good concentrated structure and well integrated French oak with hints of grilled bread and coffee. Fine and smooth chocolaty tannins and a good finish to encourage another glass
Drinking: now to 2008
Winemaker’s notes: A delightful lush mouth filling wine, a joy on its own but better with grilled lamb chops or Steak-Diane.
Vintage notes
Harvest dates: 27th March 2004.to 15 April 2004
Brix at harvest: 24.0 to 24.8
Oak: French 100% new
Bottled: 10th January 2005
Honoured to be served on Air New Zealand International Business Class
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Carsons Cabernets:
The story goes a little like this: It was late one night during the final leg of harvest and Carson and Michael had drawn the short straw; night shift.
The long hours and physical demands of bringing in the grapes were starting to take their toll on the men.
The simple task of a pump over was handed out, but somehow instead of just aerating the Cabernet Franc as required, it seems that someone (and I'm not naming names) pumped in some Cabernet Sauvignon by mistake.
By the time the sun came up it was too late, and a simple mistake had turned into something delicious.
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