Hay Shed Hill|Margaret River|Premium Wines

The  Hay Shed Hill Cabernet Merlot highlights the strength of Margaret River in producing medium bodied, flavoursome and elegant Cabernet blends. Ripe berry fruits and ripe textural tannin are the signature characteristics of this most classic of all red blends.

Vintage

The 2010 vintage in Margaret River was in two distinct phases. Early in the season it was warm to hot and very dry. The fruit was scrupulously clean due to the lack of spring rain, making bright, clean and very fruit expressive wines.

While the height of summer was quite warm the season broke very quickly with temperatures dropping dramatically in late March proving beneficial as it allowed more time on the vine for the red varieties and prevented excessive sugar build up in the grapes which has moderated alcohol in the final wines. Red grapes need time on the vine to produce fine supple tannins and this is the key attribute evident from the cooler second half of the vintage in 2010 reds.

Winemaking

Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes from the Hay Shed Hill vineyard were harvested and de-stemmed into open topped vessels for fermentation on skins with traditional pump over cap management to aid colour and flavour extraction. The wine was matured in French oak barrels for 13 months allowing integration of fine oak and development of the soft ripe tannin.

Colour

Deep crimson red of good intensity and vibrant hue.
 

Nose

Intense berry fruits, cassis and chocolate mint characters notes with background cedar like oak. 

Palate

Medium bodied this wines shows a vibrant and lively fruit driven palate with a fleshy middle and soft mature ripe tannin.

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