1999 Cabernet Sauvignon
According to Robert Parker Jnr: It has an impressively saturated black/purple color and a sweet nose of blueberry and cassis fruit intermixed with licorice and underbrush. The wine is dense, medium to full-bodied, and pure, with the fruit holding the upper hand. A bit more complexity and it too would have received an outstanding evaluation. Drink it over the next decade.
Viticultural Data
| Location: |
Undulating foothills of the northern slopes of Pyrenees ranges in the state of Victoria, Australia |
| Vineyard altitude: |
200 metres (656 feet) |
| Average rainfall per year: |
510 mm (20 inches) |
| Rainfall for this growing season: |
191.25 mm (7.5 inches) |
| Soil Type: |
Red duplex red brown clays to 2 m depth |
| Budburst: |
29th September 1998 |
| Massive Frost |
October 1998 |
| Flowering: |
Late December |
| Veraison: |
Early February |
| Harvest: |
5th April 1999 |
| Bottled: |
June 2000 |
| Alcohol: |
13.6 % vol |
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