2023 Shay's Flat Cabernet

Cabernet Sauvignon from Shay’s Flat Vineyard, Pyrenees. 100% destemmed, spontaneous fermentation with hand plunging for twelve days. Basket pressed and transferred to seasoned oak for 12 months. Bottled sans fining and filtering with minimal SO2. Leaps out of the glass with beautiful aromas of violets, plums, cherries, and perfectly ripe blackberries all vying for attention. If velvet were a smell this would be it. Ditto on the palate. It has the perfect gentle grip - more of a light purchase...Read More...

Cabernet Sauvignon from Shay’s Flat Vineyard, Pyrenees. 100% destemmed, spontaneous fermentation with hand plunging for twelve days. Basket pressed and transferred to seasoned oak for 12 months. Bottled sans fining and filtering with minimal SO2.

Leaps out of the glass with beautiful aromas of violets, plums, cherries, and perfectly ripe blackberries all vying for attention. If velvet were a smell this would be it. Ditto on the palate. It has the perfect gentle grip - more of a light purchase that slowly melts away. Whilst it lingers, it is as if the wines lifetime flashes before its eyes in reverse and slowly gets undressed, leaving you with the primitive flavours of its humble beginnings - juice, skins, winery and terroir. – Charles Oliver, Winemaker. 

 

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