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94
/ 100
Gary Walsh
Red
Classification
Cabernet Blend
Variety
2020
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
Western Australia, Margaret River
Region
14.0%
Alcohol %
5-10 Years
Cellaring
Scores
94 / 100"This is smooth and plush, like falling back into a purple velvet lounge. I’m so comfortable, I’m at ease. Here we have black and red fruit, bay leaf, mint, tobacco and baking spice. It’s a little dusty and sweetly spiced via fine quality gingery oak, but so succulent and easy, lovely mouth-perfume, chocolate and gravel tannin, with a bright finish of excellent length."
- Gary Walsh
Tasting Notes
The fruit for this wine is handpicked over a 10 day period between late March and early April. All grapes are handpicked, chilled then both bunch and berry sorted by hand. What remains is a black caviar appearence to the resulting berries. The grapes are fermented in open fermenters, plunged by hand three times per day, with a portion left to macerate for between 30-40 days to enhance structure and flavour. 70% of the wine is matured in new French oak for a period of 18 months which has resulted in additional complexity and structure as well as helping soften the tannins. This is a 10 barrel blend of the best quality red fruit that Pierro grows from the oldest Cabernet vines on the property.
A smooth, rich fullbodied red wine. With flavours of blackberry, mulberry, blackcurrant, plum and spice. Graceful and sophisticated fine tannins providing both incredible structure and length. Best served with Margaret River beef cooked over coals.
This wine was vintaged from four different v
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity