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2015 Passel Estate Lot 71 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon MUSEUM

Passel Estate2015 Passel Estate Lot 71 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon MUSEUM

2015 Cabernet Sauvignon

Margaret River, Western Australia

Made from a single block of old-vine Cabernet Sauvignon and matured in fine French oak for 18 months.

    96 Points
    Halliday Wine Companion 2019
    GOLD MEDAL
    Halliday Wine Companion Australia Cabernet Challenge 2017
    GOLD MEDAL
    Langton's 2017 Margaret River Wine Show
    93 Points
    The Wine Advocate

    Wine Details

    • Region Margaret River, Western Australia
    • Vintage 2015
    • Type Red Wine
    • Variety Cabernet Sauvignon
    • Vintage Notes

      Margaret River experienced moderate to high rainfall throughout Winter, which continued moisture into Spring and early Summer restricting flowering and fruitset. Sporadic rains in mid to late Summer slowed red ripening and led to slightly longer hang-times in Vintage 2015. It was a challenging year in terms of bird pressure, owing to a lack of marri blossom in surrounding bushland; this was kept under control with well-timed bird netting. Quality was high overall, with whites and reds displaying super-fine structure, impressive elegance and minerality. Very low yields make this a vintage to be valued.

    • Vineyard Notes

      Our old-vine Houghton clone Cabernet Sauvignon is planted north-south, thus benefitting from even sunlight and warmth on either side of the canopy throughout the growing season. The vines are minimally irrigated, with special attention paid to achieving full solarisation and fruit exposure on each vine through rigorous canopy management and leaf removal. Each vine is then fine-tuned via the removal of excess and green bunches, resulting in perfectly uniform development of opulent tannin with intense fruit flavour and aromatics throughout the block.

    • Winemaking

      Fruit from a single block on the estate was harvested and berries crushed (just split) and sent to a fermentor. A regime of cool fermentation on skins for 14 days with multiple, yet gentle daily pump overs was employed in order to extract every morsel of luxury tannin and flavour from each berry. When peak concentration was achieved the wine was separated from the skins directly to a special selection of the finest French Oak barriques, 50% of which were new. The wine was matured in oak for 18 months, before being lightly fined, filtered and bottled.

    • Tasting Notes

      Brooding aromas of graphite, blueberries, anise and red currant are flecked with hints of bay leaf, boysenberry and dried herbs. An effortless entry and primal blue and black fruit flavours introduce a coating palate of cocoa-nib, gravel and liquorice, guided by a tensile core of super-fine-grained tannin and poised fruit textures. A tactile ascent to the finish leaves the palate firm, engaged and vital, drenched in fruit and saturated in bristling cherry skin texture.

    96 Points
    Halliday Wine Companion 2019
    GOLD MEDAL
    Halliday Wine Companion Australia Cabernet Challenge 2017
    GOLD MEDAL
    Langton's 2017 Margaret River Wine Show
    93 Points
    The Wine Advocate

    Wine Details

    • Region Margaret River, Western Australia
    • Vintage 2015
    • Type Red Wine
    • Variety Cabernet Sauvignon
    • Vintage Notes

      Margaret River experienced moderate to high rainfall throughout Winter, which continued moisture into Spring and early Summer restricting flowering and fruitset. Sporadic rains in mid to late Summer slowed red ripening and led to slightly longer hang-times in Vintage 2015. It was a challenging year in terms of bird pressure, owing to a lack of marri blossom in surrounding bushland; this was kept under control with well-timed bird netting. Quality was high overall, with whites and reds displaying super-fine structure, impressive elegance and minerality. Very low yields make this a vintage to be valued.

    • Vineyard Notes

      Our old-vine Houghton clone Cabernet Sauvignon is planted north-south, thus benefitting from even sunlight and warmth on either side of the canopy throughout the growing season. The vines are minimally irrigated, with special attention paid to achieving full solarisation and fruit exposure on each vine through rigorous canopy management and leaf removal. Each vine is then fine-tuned via the removal of excess and green bunches, resulting in perfectly uniform development of opulent tannin with intense fruit flavour and aromatics throughout the block.

    • Winemaking

      Fruit from a single block on the estate was harvested and berries crushed (just split) and sent to a fermentor. A regime of cool fermentation on skins for 14 days with multiple, yet gentle daily pump overs was employed in order to extract every morsel of luxury tannin and flavour from each berry. When peak concentration was achieved the wine was separated from the skins directly to a special selection of the finest French Oak barriques, 50% of which were new. The wine was matured in oak for 18 months, before being lightly fined, filtered and bottled.

    • Tasting Notes

      Brooding aromas of graphite, blueberries, anise and red currant are flecked with hints of bay leaf, boysenberry and dried herbs. An effortless entry and primal blue and black fruit flavours introduce a coating palate of cocoa-nib, gravel and liquorice, guided by a tensile core of super-fine-grained tannin and poised fruit textures. A tactile ascent to the finish leaves the palate firm, engaged and vital, drenched in fruit and saturated in bristling cherry skin texture.

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