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Tahbilk Old Vines Nagambie Lakes Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018
Tahbilk Old Vines Nagambie Lakes Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018
- Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon 62%, Shiraz 37%, Other Varieties 1%
- Country Australia
- Region Victoria
- Abv 14.5 %
- Body Value: D (A is light, E is full-bodied)
Residual Sugar: 0.5
Contains Sulphites: Yes
Vegetarian/Vegan: No/No
Milk/Eggs: Yes/Yes
Organic: No
Biodynamic: No - Case size 6 / 75cl
- The old vines deliver a generous and expressive wine, with underlying elegance. Hints of bay leaf, mint, and pepper weave seamlessly around dark berry, spice, and plum fruits with herbal and cedar oak-derived complexity. Perfect with roast beef.
The grapes were picked based on flavour analysis, at between 12.5 to 14.5° Baumé. The fruit was destemmed, lightly crushed and cooled to 12 to 14°C before being transferred to open vats. The vats were inoculated with selected yeast, plunging took place on the first day with pump-overs from then on. Fermentation slowly warmed up to 25 to 28°C and lasted seven to nine days. The wine was matured in 10 to 100-year old large format French oak barrels for 18 months.
The old vines deliver a generous and expressive wine, with underlying elegance. Hints of bay leaf, mint and pepper weave seamlessly around dark berry, spice and plum fruits with herbal and cedar oak derived complexity.
Country | Australia |
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Vintage | 2018 |
Bottles Per Case | 6 |
Bottle Size | 75 |
2 cases 10% off | Yes |
Winery | Tahbilk vineyards are grouped along the banks of the Goulburn River and an anabranch of it that flows through the estate. The vines are grown at approximately 134 meters elevation of gently undulating and flat terrain. The soils are sandy loams with ferric oxide content, which varies from very fine sand near the anabranch to denser loams on the plains. The estate has Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards dating from 1940 to 1990, The oldest of the blocks is the 1949 'Old' Cabernet, planted on very fine red sandy soils. The blocks planted before 1996 are on unknown rootstocks and are in very good health. They are trained on a single wire trellis with a mixture of head and cordon training; all are cane-pruned. Tahbilk's vines are sustainably cultivated; composting and mulching take place which improves soil health by promoting earthworm activity. Mulching helps to control weeds and conserves water, reducing vine stress. The old vines are hand-picked while younger vines are machine harvested. |