2022 Wildberry Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Variety: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon         
Region: 100% Margaret River 

Sub-region: Wilyabrup/Walcliffe          

Cellaring Potential: 5-10 years
Colour: Vibrant red purple hue.
 Bouquet: Black and red berry fruit are complemented by earthy graphite and dark chocolate notes. Maturation in seasoned French oak gives a subtle background of vanilla and spice.
 Palate: Medium bodied and vibrant palate sums up this wonderful expression of Wilyabrup Cabernet. The palate is fresh and full of vibrant mulberry, cassis and black cherry flavours. Mature, ripe and fresh tannin drives the flavour to a long and persistent finish.         

Gold - 2023 Wine Show of Western Australia
Ray Jordan Wine (93 points)
Silver - 2024 Halliday Cabernet Wine Challenge
Silver - 2024 International Wine & Spirits Competition (90 points)
Silver - Halliday Wine Companion 2024 (90 points)
Bronze - 2024 Margaret River Wine Show (86 points)

"You’re getting some serious cabernet character in this polished wine from what was a very good vintage. Intense blackcurrant and dark plum on the nose with some subtle minerally edges. The palate is so beautifully integrated with the oak deftly supporting the concentrated and powerful fruit. The is a cabernet that could easily sell for a higher price." 93 Points - Ray Jordan Wine

"Easy to like, easy to drink, thanks to its cassis and mulberry flavours which are all spiced up. Medium bodied and the palate awash with sweet fruit, menthol and textural tannins with a slight green walnut pinch to them." 90 points (SILVER) - Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion

"Aromas of coastal herbs, foraged blackberry, sun-dried tomato, and cracked black pepper. Soft fleshy palate with a ripe bramble-fruited core, cedar spice and herbal complexity. Long polished finish." 90 points (SILVER) - IWSC 2024

Viticulture

This Cabernet Sauvignon was grown in the Wilyabrup and Walcliffe sub region of Margaret River. The canopy management is a vertical shoot position trellis with a north south facing aspect. The clonal selection is the popular Houghton selection Cabernet Sauvignon.  
 
Soil types are typically sandy loam over free draining lateritic sub soils. 2022 is typified by a warm growing season which has culminated in wines of delicacy and poise.
 
Winemaking

The fruit was picked on the 2nd and 24th of April showing excellent flavours and tannin maturity. Lightly crushed fruit was then placed to a static and open fermenter for period of fermentation with daily pump overs to ensure a moderate fermentation temperature and extraction of tannin.  

Once the desirable amount of flavour and tannin was evident the wine was pressed before being matured in seasoned French oak for a following 10 months before bottling.

Alc: % 14.0
pH: 3.62
TA: 5.9
RS: <1.0g/L