2016 Richardson Cabernet Sauvignon

Cellar Door

$60.00

Club

$45.00

Case (Club)

$45.00

Varieties

Malbec

Cabernet Sauvignon

Vintage

2016

Country

Australia

Region

Pyrenees

Alcohol

13.2%

Bottle size

750 mL

Drinking Window

2018 - 2038

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Awards

Title

Best Cabernet

Year

2018

Event

Western Victorian Wine Challenge

Title

Best Wine in Show

Year

2018

Event

Western Victorian Wine Challenge

Title

Best Cabernet

Year

2018

Event

Riverina Wine Show

Title

Gold Medal

Year

2018

Event

Ballarat Wine Show

Title

Top Gold

Year

2018

Event

Riverina Wine Show

Description

RRP: $72.00
CELLAR DOOR: $60.00
WINE CLUB: $45.00

Eyes

Bright ruby red.

Nose

Distinctly ripe Cabernet Sauvignon dominant blackberry fruit, leafy notes plus cedary French oak.

Mouth

The blackberry, green olive & choc mint flavours are all fruit derived but have been crafted into a wine of great power by full extraction of colour, flavours & tannins from the grapes. The integration of all these flavours in French oak also adds to the structure & tannin, creating a long savoury aftertaste.

Winemaking Notes

The Richardson Series of wines are produced only in great vintages from the most characterful batches of grapes identified by the Blue Pyrenees winemakers as having the potential to make an iconic red wine (as a tribute to the late Colin Richardson, himself a larger than life character). These wines are vinified & matured separately before confirmation of suitability to be called ‘Richardson’, then prepared for bottling. The 2015/2016 growing season proved to be ideal for red grapes, with good winter rains & then plenty of warmth to easily ripen to optimum maturity. Vinification included cold soaking pre-ferment, a 5 day warm ferment in open fermenters & completion of primary & secondary fermentation in oak. Maturation for 22 months in both new & 2 year old French oak barriques ensured complexity, smoothness & integration of all flavour components before bottling in March 2018.