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2013 Parker Coonawarra Estate First Growth
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2013
First Growth
92% Cabernet Sauvignon / 8% Merlot
Since the release of the inaugural 1988 vintage, First Growth has set a benchmark for superior wine quality in the Coonawarra region. It is a wine made without compromise, using only the very best viticulture and winemaking practices, and is only produced when a particular vintage shows exceptional fruit quality and is deemed to have ageing potential for a minimum of fifteen years. As a result it has garnered a reputation for outstanding cellaring ability and is one of the few wines to have featured in every Langton’s classification.
An optimal 2013 growing season in Coonawarra produced highly coloured, concentrated and varietal Cabernet Sauvignon. Veraison occured in late January with most of the fruit coming off in early March.
First Growth is made exclusively from Reynell selection Cabernet Sauvignon (cuttings from pre-phylloxera Bordeaux) grown in the very best sub-sections of Parker Coonawarra Estate’s Abbey vineyard. We have also included some Merlot from the "Terry' block in this vintage.
Fermentation and extended skin maceration took a total of thirty-two days, before pressing to a selection of 100% new chateau Barriques, sourced from renowned Bordeaux cooperages Sequin Moreau and Taransaud. Regular racking and further élevage in oak for twenty-three months has made a complex and tightly structured wine, with great potential to reward cellaring for more than twenty years.
This wine has rested in bottle under strict temperature controlled conditions for two years before release.
First Growth
92% Cabernet Sauvignon / 8% Merlot
Since the release of the inaugural 1988 vintage, First Growth has set a benchmark for superior wine quality in the Coonawarra region. It is a wine made without compromise, using only the very best viticulture and winemaking practices, and is only produced when a particular vintage shows exceptional fruit quality and is deemed to have ageing potential for a minimum of fifteen years. As a result it has garnered a reputation for outstanding cellaring ability and is one of the few wines to have featured in every Langton’s classification.
An optimal 2013 growing season in Coonawarra produced highly coloured, concentrated and varietal Cabernet Sauvignon. Veraison occured in late January with most of the fruit coming off in early March.
First Growth is made exclusively from Reynell selection Cabernet Sauvignon (cuttings from pre-phylloxera Bordeaux) grown in the very best sub-sections of Parker Coonawarra Estate’s Abbey vineyard. We have also included some Merlot from the "Terry' block in this vintage.
Fermentation and extended skin maceration took a total of thirty-two days, before pressing to a selection of 100% new chateau Barriques, sourced from renowned Bordeaux cooperages Sequin Moreau and Taransaud. Regular racking and further élevage in oak for twenty-three months has made a complex and tightly structured wine, with great potential to reward cellaring for more than twenty years.
This wine has rested in bottle under strict temperature controlled conditions for two years before release.