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Available by the dozen
West coast Cabernet Merlot has evolved into a discernible regional style and established an international reputation, a new genre of wine that's unique and very special indeed. Debut is drawn from harvests of the finest fruit, grown to good vineyards across the eminent winegrowing precincts of Western Australia. The aim is to fashion a profoundly fruit driven wine, that's supported by supple tannins and a supple veneer of oak, to match tomato meat pastas, gourmandise sausage or juicy cut of lamb. Grapes are destemmed but not crushed for a maximum whole berry inclusion. The musts are chilled and cold soaked for several days, followed by traditional fermentation. Musts are pressed, settled and racked off lees for completion of malolactic and a year's maturation in a selection of older oak barrels.
TASTING NOTESRich red hues. The Classic Cab Merlot nose of mulberries and cassis, black fruits, capsicum and sweetly aromatic leaf. A supply structured palate exhibiting sweet fruit flavours, currants blackberry and plums. Barrel ferments infuse the wine with a delicious mouthful of chocolate/ cedar notes. Will complement many cuisine, the wine of choice to accompany roast leg of lamb or penne with chunky tomato and pork salsiccia. |
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Capel Vale began as a hobby for Sydney radiologist Dr Peter Pratten and his wife Elizabeth when they purchased land on the Capel River between Bunbury and Busselton in 1974
Capel Vale Winery, restaurant and cellar door, now sit atop the original vineyard site, Stirling Estate. Stirling Estate was originally the site of a stone fruit orchard in the 1930s. Consisting of rich, red alluvial loams over a limestone base, it possessed a natural, permanent watertable and was perfect for growing vines. The first plantings were in 1974, producing the first commercial vintage in 1980. After determining that the soils of the Capel area (now included in the EU registered Geographe Region) were best suited to Chardonnay and Merlot, it became the Prattens passion to determine the best region in South Western Australia for each of the main premium grape varieties. Capel Vale»
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