[SOLD-OUT] Wantirna Hannah Cabernet Franc Merlot 2019

 

"Cabernet Franc/Merlot. A single (new) barrel produced. 290 bottles made. Pretty happy to have made a 0.3% dent in the total production this afternoon.

Extraordinary wine here. Blackberry, raspberry, potpourri and violet perfume, a liquorice pastille richness, and pencilly spicy cedar oak, and in 2019, it seems the oak as been lapped up by the intensity of the fruit. Medium-bodied, rich and full of dark berries, and some red ones peeping through, dark tobacco, toasty spicy oak in support, layers of firm graphite tannin, and a very long savoury, yet perfumed finish. Magnificent." - Gary Walsh, Wine Front

 

"A special release wine of which only one barrel is made each year – making approximately 288 bottles per year. A blend of around 50% of each variety, the wine is aged in a new barrique from the Burgundian cooperage of Dargaud and Jaeglé. To capture the fragrance and perfume of the cabernet franc, and the mulberry character of the merlot, the recent wines have been bottled after 12 months in barrel. A further 15 months of bottle-aging occurs before the wine is released.

The wine is inspired by the beautiful wines of St Emilion, in particular Chateau Cheval Blanc. The intriguing fragrance and the elegant weight of these varieties make it a wine to linger over. First made by Wantirna Estate in 1999, the age worthiness of the wine is gradually becoming evident." - Wantirna Estate

 

 

Country:

Australia

Region:

VIC- Yarra Valley

Variety:

Wine Red - Cabernet blend

Size:

750mL