Brands Laira Blockers Cabernet Sauvignon
$2149each
$257DOZEN
WineryBrands Laira
Fruit Cabernet Sauvignon
Regions Coonawarra
  South Australia
Each $21.49
$257.00
Available by the dozen
Captain Stentiford established his Shiraz vineyard in 1896, naming the property Laira after a merchant trader. Plantings of Cabernet came much later and have since been the source of memorable single vineyard wines. Laira's exceptional character shines when the grapes are fashioned into a pure Cabernet wine, encapsulating the combination of climate and soil, aspect and fruit, that stamps this historical vineyard with individuality. The flavours are distinctly Coonawarra, but the perfume and succulent fruit characters are conspicuously Brands Laira.
Brand's Laira is one of Coonawarra's largest proprietries with almost three hundred hectares under vine. The Brand and Redman families became bonded by matrimony in the 1940s, establishing new blocks over the years and consolidating one of Australia's great winemaking estates. Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are harvested off fully mature vines, fermented on skins for a week and pumped over twice daily to ensure maximum extraction of colour and flavour. Batches are then pressed off while still slightly sweet into a selection of French and American oak 500L puncheons, 300L hogsheads and 225L barriques for completion of ferments, a course of malolactic and eighteen months extended maturation.
TASTING NOTES
Garnet red colour. Pure cassis, mint and leafy fruit aromas, cedar oak and mocha notes from barrel ferments and extended maturation. A fruit driven, medium weight palate of cassis and red berry flavours, peppermint and Cabernet leaf notes. Barrel ferment and maturation have contributed mocha oak and cedar characters. A long, fine tannin finish with lingering fruit flavours.
Wines by Brands Laira
Brands Laira Blockers Cabernet Sauvignon
WineryBrands Laira
Fruit Cabernet Sauvignon
Regions Coonawarra
  South Australia
  Each $21.49
  $257.00
Available by the dozen
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Brands Laira Blockers Chardonnay
WineryBrands Laira
Fruit Chardonnay
Regions Coonawarra
  South Australia
  Each $21.49
  $257.00
Available by the dozen
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Brands Laira Blockers Shiraz
WineryBrands Laira
Fruit Shiraz
Regions Coonawarra
  South Australia
  Each $21.49
  $257.00
Available by the dozen
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Brands Laira One Seven One Cabernet
WineryBrands Laira
Fruit Cabernet Sauvignon
Regions Coonawarra
  South Australia
  Each $79.99
  $959.00
Available in cases of 6
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Brands Laira Stentifords Shiraz
WineryBrands Laira
Fruit Shiraz
Regions Coonawarra
  South Australia
  Each $71.99
  $863.00
Available in cases of 6
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More About Brands Laira Winery
The Laira Vineyard was established in 1893 on the Coonawarra’s famous terra rossa heartland
Brands Laira is today widely regarded as one of the region’s best plantings of Shiraz. With Shiraz being the only wine grape planted in Coonawarra from 1900 to 1950, the variety has played an important role in establishing Coonawarra’s international reputation as Australia’s pre-eminent red wine region. Brands Laira»