Oakridge Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Magnum 2019
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Wine Details
Region Yarra Valley
State Victoria
Wine Type Red Wine
Variety Type Cabernet Sauvignon
Alcohol Percentage 12.8%
Tasting Notes
Dark purple red in colour. Classic cabernet nose of blackcurrant, redcurrants and subtle leaf nuance. Time reveals cedar and fine oak toast plus violet like floral. The palate is medium bodied and savory with blue and black fruits laced through fine emery-like tannins. The balanced acidity adds length, line and pleasing sense of refreshment that makes you return for more.
Vineyard Notes
This wine was sourced from the north facing Oakridge vineyard, sited in the grey alluvial loams of Coldstream.
Winemaker's Notes
A traditional winemaking approach was used to produce this wine – fermentation on skins with twice daily pump-overs for four weeks followed by 15-month maturation in 225 litre French oak barrels.
Vintage Notes
A warm, wet spring followed by a dry summer/autumn period conditions has delivered good crops in near perfect harvesting conditions.
Product Reviews (3)
The Wine Front - 95pts
“Blackberry, blackcurrant, very graphite sort of thing here, with some tobacco, and violet, mint and maybe nudging toward liquorice as it takes air. Medium-bodied, dark fruit and pencilly tannin, distinct mineral feel and a long firm finish, moving towards red fruits. Classic Yarra Cab. A wonderful wine.” – Gary Walsh
Wine Reviewer - 95pts
“A wine of elegance and texture with layered dark berry fruits enjoying the nuanced and subtle generosity of oak that lifts it to another plane. The aromatics give mulberry and ripe blackberry alongside a dusting of spice. There is a sweet earthen backdrop of tannin that melds with cassis, bitter dark chocolate and oak induced spice. The finish is long and fruit driven with winemaker influence providing the embellishments.” – Patrick Eckel
Halliday Wine Companion - 94pts
“A very classy cabernet with a riff of cassis, currants and almost-ripe blackberries spiced to the max, with touches of wintergreen. It is balanced and cooling across its medium-bodied palate, with crunchy acidity to snap it closed. A modern-day claret, perhaps.” – Jane Faulkner