Charles Melton Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

V I N T A G E A bountiful winter rainfall pattern heralded in vintage 2017. Good falls kept on right through Christmas into the New Year ensuring excellent soil moisture levels and solid crop levels. A dry mild harvest period was ideal with very little heat, clear days and cool nights.

S T Y L E A lovely amalgam of cedar & five spice on the nose. A mid weight, sweet entry into the mouth with a touch of fine acidity apparent. Will fatten and richen with time, but a fine example of the finesse and elegance of the 2017 vintage.

V I N I F I C A T I O N Whole berries from our oldest estate grown Cabernet block were tipped directly from the sorting system of the machine harvester bypassing the crusher. An 8 day maceration followed before the free run and pressings were run into 100% new French oak barriques where the malo-lactic fermentation took place. The wine remained on lees with monthly battonage for 30 months before settling prior to bottling

T E C H N I C A L Barossa Valley 100% Alc: 14.5% TA: 6.23 pH: 3.49