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Blackberry Patch Fleurieu Cabernet 2022

As we head to the vineyards with our shiny new buckets to put the juicy berries in, we dream of the perfect blackberry pie that will be made from the fruit that we pick. Wafts of fresh baked pastry; macerated blackberry flavours and the texture of clotted cream... now that’s our Blackberry Patch!
Exuberant cassis, dark plum and obviously blackberry fruits aligning with enveloping, refined-yet-generous cigar box tannins.
The fruit for Blackberry Patch comes from one block in the heart of the Langhorne Creek and another in the Blewitt Springs sub-region of the McLaren Vale. Primary fermentation takes place in a combination of stainless steel vats and 5 tonne open fermenters after which the wine is assembled into tank and allowed to complete a natural malolactic fermentation before being pressed off. It is then transferred to new & well-seasoned hogsheads and aged for up to 12 months prior to bottling with minimal filtration. This results in a wine with purity of fruit that is regal and eminently satisfying to allow for regular indulgence.
Deep purple colour with an exceptionally vibrant purple hue. Heady aromas of blackberries, black currant with notes of sweet vanilla bean and cedar. Full and generous on the palate with a horde of rich black currant and blackberry fruit with underlying leafy characters, dark chocolate, mint and cedar. Juicy, fresh berry tart sweetness tempered with quintessential pliable Cabernet tannins. Rich, intense, complex and uber smooth - like a velvet sledgehammer!
This wine hangs about after you have tasted it for so long it seems almost self- defeating, although the tannins call for another sip whilst it’s still in the mouth. Precise ‘line and length’ that lingers on and on with ripe blackcberries and cherries, liquorice and spicy cedar finish.