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2015 Passel Estate Lot 71 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Passel Estate2015 Passel Estate Lot 71 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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.

    Description

    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. This wine will continue to mature gracefully and can be cellared for 10+ years. Only 130 cases were produced.

    Winemaking Notes: 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 where the wine was matured in oak for 18 months.

    GOLD MEDAL
    Halliday Wine Companion Australia Cabernet Challenge 2017
    GOLD MEDAL
    Langton's 2017 Margaret River Wine Show
    96 Points
    Halliday Wine Companion 2019
    There is an inevitability to its progression from the bouquet thence to the way it travels along the palate, waves of fruit advancing and retreating before the high tension of fine-grained cabernet tannins take control.
    93 Points
    The Wine Advocate
    Despite being matured 18 months in French oak (50% new), the 2015 Lot 71 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon isn't dominated by wood. Instead, it's intense cassis fruit is simply supported and framed by it's élevage. Sure, there are hints of vanilla and cedar in this medium to full-bodied wine, but they're strictly in the background. Supple tannins, hints of sage and bay leaf and a long, elegant finish cap off a command performance.'
    17.5 Points
    Richard Hemming MW for JancisRobinson.com
    First vintage. Aged 18 months in oak (50% new). The black fruit is lusciously sweet and generous, with beautifully integrated oak and a long, complex length with a lovely mushroom and dark-chocolate persistence. Maturing very nicely.

    Wine Details

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

    Description

    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. This wine will continue to mature gracefully and can be cellared for 10+ years. Only 130 cases were produced.

    Winemaking Notes: 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 where the wine was matured in oak for 18 months.

    GOLD MEDAL
    Halliday Wine Companion Australia Cabernet Challenge 2017
    GOLD MEDAL
    Langton's 2017 Margaret River Wine Show
    96 Points
    Halliday Wine Companion 2019
    There is an inevitability to its progression from the bouquet thence to the way it travels along the palate, waves of fruit advancing and retreating before the high tension of fine-grained cabernet tannins take control.
    93 Points
    The Wine Advocate
    Despite being matured 18 months in French oak (50% new), the 2015 Lot 71 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon isn't dominated by wood. Instead, it's intense cassis fruit is simply supported and framed by it's élevage. Sure, there are hints of vanilla and cedar in this medium to full-bodied wine, but they're strictly in the background. Supple tannins, hints of sage and bay leaf and a long, elegant finish cap off a command performance.'
    17.5 Points
    Richard Hemming MW for JancisRobinson.com
    First vintage. Aged 18 months in oak (50% new). The black fruit is lusciously sweet and generous, with beautifully integrated oak and a long, complex length with a lovely mushroom and dark-chocolate persistence. Maturing very nicely.

    Wine Details

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

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