THE JOB AS WINEMAKER is to allow the fruit and terroir of the vineyards to express itself. Graeme and Cameron both have their winemaking roots in Burgundy and uphold their traditions as much as possible. Through the use of age old techniques (with the aid of some modern equipment), they guide the fruit from vineyard to bottle as gently as possible. Read more...

Cameron Leith

The Angel Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

Vibrant red-purple this Cabernet Sauvignon, with small additions of Cabernet Franc and Merlot displays lifted red and dark berry fruit aromas complemented by a touch of perfume and some enticing spice. These lead on to the palate, which is textural with well-integrated, fine tannins. A complex wine with finesse.

Wine Making Notes

‘The Angel' 2008
Cabernet Sauvignon
Region: Bendigo
Closure: Diam

Viticulture

Two neighbors grow Merlot and Cab Franc for us and we combine this with selected, unirrigated cabernet sauvignon. Picked at 13.6 bé with the small percentages of merlot and cab franc at 14 bé. It was always made to be a wine of great longevity and still is.
Winemaking
It is de-stemmed and crushed, fermented in open stainless steel vats, plunged twice daily after the addition of a yeast culture.
Maturation
After air bag pressing and settling it is racked into French oak barriques and is regularly topped during its barrel maturation. Malolactic fementation occurs naturally in the warm weather and after that the wine is racked, egg white fined, sulphur adjusted and course filtered prior to bottling.
This wine shows its best after some years in the bottle and we have been able to keep it for those years so that the current releases already have some bottle age.
Tasting Notes
Vibrant red-purple this Cabernet Sauvignon, with small additions of Cabernet Franc and Merlot displays lifted red and black fruit aromas complemented by a touch of perfume and some enticing spice. These lead on to the palate, which is textural with well-integrated, fine tannins. A complex wine with finesse.

 

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