Robust and youthful Cabernet is a wonderful childlike wine that needs time. This wine is well balanced to drink now with plush cassis fruit and firm but lovely crunchy tannins. An elegant wine with aromas of mixed berries, dark chocolate and violets. The palate is smooth with blackcurrant and spicy oak flavours and finishes with fine chalky tannins.
Put a few away for another day and see how the child matures?
Awards and Accolades
94 Points - James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion "The strongly maritime climate of Langhorne Creek provides a welcome environment for cabernet, allowing supple cassis fruit to provide full flavour without the pain of austere tannins that can accompany good young cabernet. This wine has depth and length, and is very good value."
90 Points - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front "Mulberry Tree Cabernet Sauvignon from Langhorne Creek is an excellent ‘go to’ wine if you’re on the hunt for value. This release is soft at heart but has more than enough dark-fruited flavour and boasts a steady hand of tannin. It’s its usual good self, high in both value and drinkability, but with the balance and structure to see it age nicely over the next handful of years at least – not that there’s any reason to wait; it’s ready to drink now."
SILVER - China Wine & Spirits Value Awards 2015 SILVER - Langhorne Creek Wine Show 2015
2012 Vintage
93 Points - James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion "Has the colour of the '12 vintage, and is indeed a most attractive medium-bodied wine with pure blackcurrant varietal fruit supported by cedary oak and fine tannins. Great value."
From the Winery
De-stemmed & crushed to open fermenters. Pumped over up to 4 times daily during peak fermentation. Drained & pressed after 11 to 15 days on skins. Settled for 24 hours before racking to oak for MLF. 12 months oak maturation in new (20%) and seasoned French oak hogsheads.
Don't Pay: $25.00
WBW Rating: 94/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: Langhorne Creek, SA
Winemaker: Paul Hotker
Drink now until: 2025
Alc/Vol: 14 %
