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2017 Yalumba Cabernet Sauvignon The Menzies
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Vintage 2017
The 2017 Menzies Cabernet Sauvignon shows true Coonawarra aromatics, ozone, violet and a lovely fresh burst of blue berries and choc mint. Medium crimson with crimson hue. The wine shows exceptional ageing potential, the palate is restrained yet complex and shows exciting promise as to how the wine will mature and grow. Whilst the wine is youthful and structural, there is blueberry, violet and chocolate, with drive and poise from very fine tannins, giving the drinker an insight to the agebility of this wine, yet in its youth (with decanting), it is enjoyable as an elegant full-bodied red wine.
The Menzies Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage quality:
The growing season leading into the 2017 vintage was one of the wettest on record, setting up the vines well with high soil moisture levels. These conditions were capped off by a cooler than average spring and early summer, which gave the vines a slow, steady growing season.
Cellar guide:
15+ Years
Last tasted:
April 2022, Heather Fraser, Winemaker
TERROIR/PROVENANCE/REGION
Situated in the heart of Coonawarra’s terra rossa strip, The Menzies Estate vineyard lies on a flat plain, approximately 70km from the coast. Given the terrain and influence of the cooling Bonney upwelling, Coonawarra is an ideal location to grow premium Cabernet Sauvignon. Our soil is red sandy loam over limestone, which is classic Cabernet Sauvignon country.
The grapes for The Menzies 2017 are from vines planted in 1994 and 1996. Bunches are usually small with small berries, giving concentration via an ideal skin to juice ratio favouring the making of full-bodied reds.
WINEMAKER
HARVESTED
REGION
TOTAL ACIDITY
PH
SO2
ALCOHOL
TREATMENT
CELLARING
Heather Fraser
18-28 April 2017
Coonawarra
6.3 g/L
3.57
111 mg/L
13.5%
Matured for 18 months in 34% new French hogsheads and barriques, balance in 1 year and older French and Hungarian hogsheads and barriques.
Enjoy now or cellar for 15+ years.
The 2017 Menzies Cabernet Sauvignon shows true Coonawarra aromatics, ozone, violet and a lovely fresh burst of blue berries and choc mint. Medium crimson with crimson hue. The wine shows exceptional ageing potential, the palate is restrained yet complex and shows exciting promise as to how the wine will mature and grow. Whilst the wine is youthful and structural, there is blueberry, violet and chocolate, with drive and poise from very fine tannins, giving the drinker an insight to the agebility of this wine, yet in its youth (with decanting), it is enjoyable as an elegant full-bodied red wine.
The Menzies Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage quality:
The growing season leading into the 2017 vintage was one of the wettest on record, setting up the vines well with high soil moisture levels. These conditions were capped off by a cooler than average spring and early summer, which gave the vines a slow, steady growing season.
Cellar guide:
15+ Years
Last tasted:
April 2022, Heather Fraser, Winemaker
TERROIR/PROVENANCE/REGION
Situated in the heart of Coonawarra’s terra rossa strip, The Menzies Estate vineyard lies on a flat plain, approximately 70km from the coast. Given the terrain and influence of the cooling Bonney upwelling, Coonawarra is an ideal location to grow premium Cabernet Sauvignon. Our soil is red sandy loam over limestone, which is classic Cabernet Sauvignon country.
The grapes for The Menzies 2017 are from vines planted in 1994 and 1996. Bunches are usually small with small berries, giving concentration via an ideal skin to juice ratio favouring the making of full-bodied reds.
WINEMAKER
HARVESTED
REGION
TOTAL ACIDITY
PH
SO2
ALCOHOL
TREATMENT
CELLARING
Heather Fraser
18-28 April 2017
Coonawarra
6.3 g/L
3.57
111 mg/L
13.5%
Matured for 18 months in 34% new French hogsheads and barriques, balance in 1 year and older French and Hungarian hogsheads and barriques.
Enjoy now or cellar for 15+ years.