Lakes Folly have trained their vineyard to make profound Cabernet. The old vines, now well and truly self regulated to produce low crops of high quality fruit, are well established and deliver consistency even in difficult years. Under the warmer Hunter Valley climes, mature tannins are readily achieved. The riper the fruit the bigger the wine but there is a price to pay in terms of elegance and finesse. Crop levels are critical in building complexity and the weather has a final say. The aim is to grow great fruit and give maximum attention to detail from vineyard to bottle. Hand picking, gentle crushing and traditional open fermentations in French oak, small barrel maturation and hand bottling, are all essential to the Lakes Folly style.