Cabernet 50% Merlot 33% Franc 17%
Colour: deep, substantial plum red
Nose: Fruit laced with notes of chocolate and tar, sweet American oak, hints of vanilla.
Palate: Bold black fruits, hints of tar and toasted charcoal. Weighty thick skin tannin balanced with the oak, Merlot forward Cabernets powering behind. Well balanced mid palate, mesmerising finish.
Drinking 2004-2010
Winemakers Notes: enticing and seductive- this is serious stuff!
Vintage notes
Harvest: mid to end March
Brix 21.5-22.7
Bottled 04/10/01
Volume made: 212, 12-bottle cases
Export: UK / USA
NZ Release: Jaunary 2004
UK Release: May 2004
USA release: July 2004