Barwang Hilltops Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
$1499each
$179DOZEN
WineryBarwang
Fruit Cabernet Sauvignon
Regions Hilltops
  New South Wales
Each $14.99
$179.00
Currently out of stock
The long, late ripening conditions and exhilarating continental microclimes of Barwang Vineyard, marked by cold nights and warm summer days, produce red wines of considerable flavour profile, power and extract. Since the 1996 edition, Barwang Cabernet Sauvignon has claimed trophies and prestigious accolades, with every vintage collecting at least one significant gold medal. An exemplary Cabernet wine with a profound, mouth filling palate, to accompany herb crusted rib eye or bacon wrapped quail, braised hare sous jus or your favourite recipe lamb.
McWilliam's Barwang Vineyard consistently over delivers with rich, generously flavoured wines. Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are picked at optimal ripeness and gently destemmed, the fruit is inoculated with cultured yeast and vinified in open top fermenters for several days. Juices are treated to frequent pumpovers for extraction. The fermenting juices are drained and returned twice daily until the wine is pressed off. To complete primary and malolactic fermentation, the wine was transferred to a selection of seasoned and new French and American oak hogsheads. Barwang Cabernet is aged for a year or more while being treated to a modicum of rackings throughout the maturation.
TASTING NOTES
Vibrant red purple with crimson hues. Lively blackcurrant, licorice and chocolate fruit notes with subtle varietal mint nuances. Generous lashings of nutmeg and mocha oak are also prevalent. Fleshy fruit driven wine with dominant flavours of cassis, licorice and dark chocolate. Shows ample structure from supple tannins and nutmeg oak, finishes with lingering savoury tannins.
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About Barwang Wines
McWilliam's Barwang Vineyard is situated along the southwest slopes of the Great Dividing Range, near Young in New South Wales, at an altitude of 520m
Hilltops enjoys adequate and reliable rainfall, with mild days and cool nights, allowing for the slow, even ripening of fruit. The region’s high altitude, cool prevailing winds from the Great Dividing Range which offset diurnal temperatures, and the high minerality of the soil are three significant elements which combine to make the Hilltops a distinctive wine producing region. A dry summer and autumn, with cool nights and mild days exacerbate the extended ripening period. Heavy snowfall and frost in winter are quite common; and whilst substantial rainfall occurs in the growing season, most falls in spring. Barwang»