The Oakridge Specialty Wines range is a playful series made up of alternate varieties and experimental blends.

Dark purple in appearance. A classical Yarra Valley Cabernet nose - briar, cedar, blackcurrants, blood plum and violets with hints of red currant fruit and fresh tobacco leaf. The palate is evenly layered and textural with mid-palate weight and depth. Brightly fruited with cassis and plums with a hint of dark cherry with soft savoury tannins and a graphite note that refreshes and adds to the long finish. A smooth, fragrant and mouth coating wine that is medium bodied.

This Cabernet Sauvignon was sourced from the original Oakridge Vineyard in the cool red soils of Seville.

All grapes hand harvested and sorted prior to gently destemming to fermenter. After a four day cold maceration, fermentation commenced and peaked at 30°C. Pump-overs were conducted twice per day, and post ferment, the wine remained on skins for an additional 4 weeks prior to pressing. The wine then spent 15 months in French oak barrels maturing before blending and bottling.

A warm wet spring followed by a dry summer and autumn, with good crops in near perfect harvesting conditions. Flowering occurred in November, fruit set in January and harvest on March 18th at 12.9° baume.