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Cabernet Franc 70% Cabernet Sauvignon 30%
Tasted: October 2003
Colour: Rich ruby red
Nose: Black fruits and boysenberry, stormy floral hints, on a background of toasted oak.
Palate: Full warm mouth feel of dark fruit flavours mingled with a tannin structure interweaved with toasted cedar, tar and oak.
Drinking now to 2007
Winemaker’s notes: Plenty going on here, a rich and enticing wine perfect for grilled or roast meats especially game.
Vintage notes
Cabernet Franc
Date: 18th March 2002.
Quantity: 0.428 tonnes
Brix 24.8
T/A 7.6
.pH 3.27
Cabernet Sauvignon ’99 Block
Date: 2nd April 2002.
Quantity: 1.1 tonnes
Brix 25.3
T/A 5.28
.pH 3.66
All Sold Out - Sorry
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All Sold Out - Sorry
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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