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2018 Clairault Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

2018 Clairault Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Blend

100% Cabernet Sauvignon 

Vineyard

Clairault Vineyard, Wilyabrup

Winemaking Note

The fruit is hand harvested, de-stemmed and crushed, so that each berry is just split. This is to ensure minimal berry degradation during the fermentation process and to promote fresh, clean flavour production by our very specifically selected yeast strain. Our ferments are, by industry standards, cool and gentle, allowing slower, more controlled extraction of tannin and flavour. The wine is pumped over three times a day and then judiciously backed off as the wine develops. This wine was on skins in the fermenter for 14 days, before gentle pressing and barrelling down.  The result is clean, pure fruit flavours, boasting supple yet powerful tannin. The wine was aged in 50% new French barriques for 18 months before the wine was removed from barrels, clarified and bottled.

Vintage Conditions

After an unseasonable dry early Winter, late rains in August and September came to the rescue. Budburst commenced in early August and continued until late September. Significant rain events persisted through to mid-October, with conditions fining up through the flowering period enabling successful flowering and fruit set. Vine growth was excellent and excess vigour issues were dealt with by employing shoot thinning and vine de-legging practices, in a successful attempt to deter regrowth and crowding of fruit zone areas. Harvest began on the 27th January, in line with the earliest picking dates on record, trailing out until completion on the 13th April.

Aroma

Violets, cassis, liquorice and red currants. 

Palate

A coating entry of red and black fruits, boysenberries and licks of black cherry. A focused arsenal of slender tannin and bristling flavours of graphite and mulberries culminates in a persistent finish laced with violets and currants.

Cellaring

Enjoyed for its freshness now, or cellar up to 20 years for further complexity.

Alcohol

14%

Accolades

95 Points - Ray Jordan's WA Wine Guide 2023
94 Points - Wine Companion 2022
94 Points - The West Australian Wine Guide 2023
92 Points - The Real Review, 2022

 

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Wine Specs
Vintage
2018
Varietal
Cabernet Sauvignon
Vineyard Designation
Clairault vineyard
Alcohol %
14
Wine Profile
Production Notes
The fruit is hand harvested, de-stemmed and crushed, so that each berry is just split. This is to ensure minimal berry degradation during the fermentation process and to promote fresh, clean flavour production by our very specifically selected yeast strain. Our ferments are, by industry standards, cool and gentle, allowing slower, more controlled extraction of tannin and flavour. The wine is pumped over three times a day and then judiciously backed off as the wine develops. This wine was on skins in the fermenter for 14 days, before gentle pressing and barrelling down. The result is clean, pure fruit flavours, boasting supple yet powerful tannin. The wine was aged in 50% new French barriques for 18 months before the wine was removed from barrels, clarified and bottled.
Other Notes
The 2015 to 2016 vintage season in Margaret River was generally warm and dry up to the third week in January 2016. The relatively dry winter combined with a warmer growing season corresponded to vines achieving good shoot lengths and making the transition from vegetative growth to fruiting growth a little earlier than normal; a great feature for fruit quality. Our dry growing season was quenched on 19th March, 2016 with 50mm of rain, enough to wash the dust off the vine leaves, top up the dry soil profiles and carry the vines through to full ripeness. The resulting wines are fragrant with succulent natural acidities, lovely textures and intense aromatic lift.