2009 Wirra Wirra "Dead Ringer" Cabernet Sauvignon McLaren Vale Australia

Professional Reviews

Notes

Winemaker Notes: The nose displays fresh cassis and blackcurrants with wild blackberry fruits. Leather, briary notes and anise with cedar compliment the fruits. Lovely rich cassis and blackcurrant fruits line the mouth providing a long and persistent palate with classic McLaren Vale Cabernet mid palate richness. The fine sandy tannins and French Oak add to the texture to provide a wine with wonderful line and chiseled structure. The parcels for these wines are picked in small batches reflecting the different vineyard parcels & crushed & destemmed to 2 tonne stainless open fermenters. Each ferment was tasted twice daily once fermentation commence to determine the level of hand plunging & maceration required during fermentation. At the required level of tannin & fruit extraction the ferment was basket pressed with winemakers making the ‘press cut’ at the first sign of tannin hardness. After pressing the wine is transferred directly to an individually chosen barrel selection (depending on the vineyard block) before completing malolactic fermentation. Following MLF and normally every four months thereafter the wines are racked and returned. After 15 months of oak maturation the individual vineyard components were barrel selected with the blended Angelus put back to oak for a further 4 months of oak maturation. Lightly egg fined & minimally filtered prior to bottling in November 2010.