2006 Stephanies Dream Cabernet Sauvignon
Tasting Notes
This is a very complex wine with licorice, leather, olives and rosemary leading onto ripe red fruits and a hint of an earthy note on the nose, giving the wine quite a European accent. The palate is rich and full-bodied with a firm but not aggressive tannin backbone giving a dry savoury edge to the elegant ripe fruit on the palate.
Food Suggestions: It would be near perfect with roast spring lamb scented with rosemary.
Harvest Details
Vinification Details
Bottling Details
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Harvest Details
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| 2006 was the earliest vintage on record in the Yarra Valley due to a very dry and warm growing season. This resulted in fruit with plenty of ripeness and richness and plentiful tannins providing structure. |
| Variety |
100% Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Harvest Date |
19th April 2006 |
| Yield |
1.7 t/a |
| Beaume |
13.6 |
| Total Acid |
6.5 g/l |
| pH |
3.84 |
Vinification Details
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| Fermentation |
The Cabernet was fermented in stainless steel in five parcels using different yeasts and maceration periods ranging from 29 days to 35 days. All batches were made using whole berry maceration and pumping over daily.
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| Yeasts |
61% BDX, 22% Natural, 9% ICV80, 9% Syrah |
| Oak Treatment |
Aged in 42% new oak for 18mths |
| New Oak |
Bossuet, St Martin, Taransaud |
| Coopers |
Saint Martin, bossuet, Sirugue, Jacques garnier, Taransaud |
| Filtration |
Nil |
| Winemaker |
Sergio Carlei |
Bottling Details
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| Bottling Date |
January 2008 |
| Total Production |
244 Cases |
| Alcohol |
14% v/v |
| pH |
3.3 |
| Total Acid |
7.0 g/l |
