2021 Hither & Yon Cabernet Sauvignon

COLOUR: Deep dark red with purple tint. AROMA: Redcurrants, cassis, eucalyptus, pine and liquorice. PALATE: Black cherries, blackberry, chewy nougat, roasted coffee, red capsicum, lightly spiced oak. Excellent concentration with refreshing length and fine tannin, a cool and relaxed nature, but showing good ageing potential. Food Match: Mushroom ragout, rosemary, thyme, serve with parmesan polenta. Wow, what a good cheese wine!

The Cabernet fruit was machine-picked and delivered to the winery March 19 (Sand Road) and April 13 (Hillenvale), gently de-stemmed and crushed to a 4 tonne open top stainless fermenter. Once fermentation had commenced the must was gently pumped over 2 times every 24 hours. Primary f ermentation took place for 14-16 days, a cool and relaxed ferment aiming for gentle extraction and silky texture. Once the wines was dry, it was pressed to tank where the free run juice and pressings were combined, then transferred to 3-4 year French 400 litre Puncheons. After 6-7 months, the wines were racked off lees and we did the blend of the two vineyard parcels, then racked to tank for one month integration prior to bottling. Following micro screen filtration, bottling took place on December 16, 2021. Sealed under Stelvin screw cap. Vegan friendly and certified Carbon Neutral wine.