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The 2008 Vintage was hot and dry and this wine reflects this with a riper cassis and blackberry flavour profile and just a touch of liquorice. Blended principly from our Walker and Quarry Cabernet Sauvignon blocks (83%) with the Merlot coming from our single-stake trained vines in our Rise vineyard (17%). Maturation was for 16 months in 50 % new Troncais-Jupilles French oak from St Martin. An excellent Cab Merlot from a vintage which is ripe and intense but retains medium body and balance. Pete Bissell, WinemakerWe Say
Take a drive down the Riddoch Highway and you will see what an enigmatic place Coonawarra is - a who's who of the big boys and some of the finest smaller wineries in the country - Balnaves is one of these smaller, serious, consistently good producers - if you needed a great example of modern Coonawarra then I reckon their Cab Merlot is the go - refined fruit flavours, tight tannin structure and a lovely, restrained oak frame...the Merlot adds softness and length...-
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