2002 No6 Shiraz Cabernet


Winemaker’s comments This is a fruit driven wine displaying rich ripe currant, mint, raspberry and anise characters. Designed for immediate pleasure, but also offers mid term cellaring potential if you can keep it that long. Extremely limited quantities available. Vineyard: Metala Vineyards, Langhorne Creek, SA Variety: Shiraz 50% Cabernet Sauvignon 50% Harvest date: 12 March - 12 April 2002 Bottling date: 1 September 2003 (Unfined & unfiltered) Sourced from: 100% single estate, 10 individual plantings Baumé at harvest: 13.5 - 15.0 Alcohol: 14.5%v/v Titratable acidity: 6.6g/l pH: 3.74 Oak Maturation: 16 months in 1 to 4 year old French/ American barriques. Release date: 1 November 2003 Closure: Cork	George Mackay Trophy for Best Australian Export Wine 2004 Australian Wine & Brandy Corporation Blue Gold Award Sydney International Wine Competition 2005 Silver Medals Boutique Wines of Australia Awards 2004 Cowra Wine Show 2004 “This 50:50 Shiraz and Cabernet blend shows the two seductive hallmarks of Langhorne Creek reds a fragrant minty aroma and delicious soft fruity and fleshy mid palate” Chris Shanahan, Canberra Sunday Times It’s a bowl of mulberry mud cake: elegant, smooth, supple and soft: luxurious, but never fat or strong; long and sinuous, with ultra fine tannin.’ The Advertiser, Philip White