Tate Cabernet Sauvignon Alexanders Vineyard 2013

Appearance:Deep red.Nose:Aromas of ripe berry, cassis, choc-mint and cinnamon spice.Palate:Soft and rich with a full body. Well rounded tannins on the palate with rich fruit flavors.Grapes for this wine were sourced from a block of low yielding Cabernet. The grapes were crushed into a small open fermenter and inoculated for primary ferment. The wine was initially hand plunged three times a day, and then less frequently as alcohol volume increased. The ferment was allowed to reach as high as 30°C at the height of ferment. When the wine was almost dry it was basket pressed to a combination of new, one year old and two year old French oak barriques. The wine was inoculated for malo-lactic fermentation. The wine was allowed to mature in oak for 18 months and was racked at regular intervals. Following a light egg white fining the wine was filtered prior to bottling.