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Pitchfork Cabernet Merlot

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Vibrant youthful red hues of good depth. Ripe berry fruits with chocolate mint characters typical of Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon.
Good concentration of ripe sweet berry fruits with impressive mid palate fleshiness. Soft round palate profile with ripe tannin at finish. Maturation in French oak barriques for 10 months adds further complexity and structure without dominating the fruit.

 

 

VINEYARD


Pitchfork is a great value, strikingly packaged and distinctive range of Margaret River wines made by Michael Kerrigan at Hay Shed Hill.  The Cabernet Merlot has ripe berry fruits with chocolate mint characters typical of Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon. The palate has good concentration of ripe sweet berry fruits with impressive fleshiness and ripe tannin on the finish.
Cabernet Sauvignon is the structurally strongest variety with good flavour in the early and late part of the taste spectrum backed up by fine tannin. Merlot has less flavour persistence than Cabernet Sauvignon but has wonderful mid palate fleshiness giving a sweet fruit centre to the wine. The grapes were sourced from Margaret River; the premier grape producing region of Western Australia. Fermentation in open topped vessels with traditional pump over cap management produced a wine with loads of fruit flavours and background tannin providing structure without astringency. Maturation in French oak barriques for 10 months adds further complexity and structure without dominating the fruit.

Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot. 

 

Region Western Australia
Colour Red
Vintage 2008
Grape Cabernet Sauvignon blend
Bottle Size 75cl
Sweetness Dry
Body Full
Maturation Drink now
Alcohol 14 %
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