[SOLD-OUT] Cape Mentelle Shiraz 2014

Cape Mentelle Shiraz draws inspiration from the techniques and wines of France's Northern Rhône Valley. The fruit is destemmed, berry sorted, cold soaked and traditionally fermented. Maturation in small barriques is aimed at retaining the refined fruit and floral characters of the variety along with the more safoury, spicy elements derived from our vineyards in Margaret River.


The nose is open and varietal with notes of black plum, applewood smoke and cracked pepper. Hints of cardamom and vanilla pods make the aromas very enticing.Vibrant fresh plum accompanies roasted black fruit notes, supported by a good structure of smoky tannins, still youthful and peppery and full body throughout. The oak is sweet but structuring and the finish already shows good length, promising to improve with age.

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Wine Front 94 points!

“Margaret River shiraz. Fermented on skins for 15 days. Matured in Burgundian oak, some of it large format, 20% of it new. It’s an excellent shiraz. It grows in the glass beautifully. It hasn’t been pushed too hard, it’s not in your face, it almost sneaks up on you, and yet the flavour is all there. It tastes of plums and peppercorns, woodsmoke and black cherries. It’s satiny throughout and yet the curl of tannin is there; it builds in the background. Textbook in all ways.”


Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, May 2017

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When the wines of Cape Mentelle are stacked up it is often easy to ignore how good the shiraz has been over the years. This is another. Plump fruit balanced with a degree of chalky angular tannins. There is a beautiful softness about the palate, with a gravelly and lightly loam character for complexity. Excellent weight in the mouth. Dry and slightly firmish finish.


Ray Jordan, West Australian Wine Guide 2017, 92 Points

Country:

Australia

Region:

WA- Margaret River

Variety:

Wine Red - Shiraz

Size:

750mL