Ballast Stone Cabernet Sauvignon
$1499each
$179DOZEN
WineryBallast Stone
Fruit Cabernet Sauvignon
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
Each $14.99
$179.00
Currently out of stock
For a region that's so well renowned for world class Shiraz, McLaren Vale makes extraordinary Cabernet and Ballast Stone are on the receiving end of some serious attention for their quality of wines. Grapes are predominantly sourced from the venerable Arthur's Block, where gnarled old vines continue to deliver harvests of the finest fruit anywhere in McLaren Vale. Enthusiasts of accessible Cabernet wines take note, that nothing beats sitting down to a traditional roast leg of lamb with all the trimmings and a glass or two of well breathed Ballast Stone.
Goolwa was the most important river port in South Australia during the nineteenth century, where sailing ships unloaded ballast stone to refill their holds for the return trip to England. The structures which house today's wineworks on Ballast Stone Estate are made from this very stone. Most people are retiring by the age of sixty five, but the old vines on Arthur's Block are just getting started. Parcels of fruit displaying intensity of flavour and solid structure are vinified in a selection of fermenters and treated to a traditional winemaking process before rack and settling. The finished wine is matured in a mix of fine French and American oak barrels to soften the tannins and develop complexity before bottling. Alcohol 14.5%
TASTING NOTES
Deep ruby/ scarlet colour. A bouquet of blackberries and violet, chocolates and mint, eucalypts and well integrated oak. The smooth, full bodied, fruit driven palate exhibiting layers of berry fruits, cassis and dark cherry notes persist as the wine finishes on a note of fine, firming tannins. Made to enjoy right now, while offering the structure and complexity for development.
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About Ballast Stone Wines
The Shaw family own and operate Ballast Stone Vineyards, they can be proud of four decades as winegrowers, vignerons and vintners
Their dream for family involvement inspired Richard and Marie to expand from 5 acres to over 1,200 acres to become one of the largest owners of vineyards in the premium cool climate regions of McLaren Vale and Currency Creek in South Australia. The Shaw family vision included producing high quality wine for the enjoyment of global wine connoisseurs. In 2000 the construction of their ultra modern, state-of-the-art winery was completed. Ballast Stone's wine is produced from grapes picked from their family vineyards and is produced at their Ballast Stone winery that is located in the Currency Creek region. Ballast Stone Estate has a range of distinguished labels comprised of Ballast Stone Estate Range, Stonemason, Steeple Jack and the ultra premium and iconic brands, Emetior & RMS. Ballast Stone»