Xabregas Cabernet Merlot 2007
$2499each
$299DOZEN
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Fruit CabernetSauv Merlot
Regions Mount Barker
  Western Australia
Each $24.99
$299.00
Currently out of stock
Xabregas manage the finest vineyards in the greater Mount Barker area. They are contract grows for Houghton, Howard Park and Forest Hill, the choicest parcels of Merlot and Cabernet however are retained and earmarked for their own label. It is the belief at Xabregas that the alchemy of vinification takes a back seat to the quality of fruit coming from their three estate vineyards. The growers and winemaking team work side by side to preserve the expression of terroir, achieving a wine with excellent colour, soft, beautifully integrated tannins and maximum fruit intensity.
From vines grown to lateritic, gravely and sandy loams. Crop thinning plays a significant role in the ultimate quality of fruit. Grapes are de-stemmed and crushed, the must is chilled on its way to tank. Yeast is added the next day and the juices are pumped over the cap of skins three times daily for thirty minutes to release colour, tannin and flavour. A large proportion is vinified in ganimede fermenters which utilise the energy of the carbon dioxide gas produced during fermentation to power the pumpovers. Xabregas was put to oak for completion of malolactic, racked every four months and matured in a selection of new and seasoned French, American and Hungarian oak barrels for eighteen months. Alcohol 14.5%
TASTING NOTES
Deep red colour. Sweet lifted fruit aromas, mint and violet, blackcurrant, mulberry and toasty oak. A soft and silky, fruit driven palate, sweet fine grain tannins, rich full mouthfeel with fleshy complexity, quality spicy oak influences. Drinking very well on release.
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More About Xabregas Wines
Xabregas has gained an enviable reputation for quality, locally produced wines under the leadership of an award winning winemaking team at The Vintage Wineworx
Xabregas has rapidly exceeded expectations of a small producer, collecting a bounty of awards and outstanding wine reviews including Gold at the International Wine and Spirit Competition 2007 and 2008 in London, the Qantas Wine Show of Western Australia and the New Zealand International Wine Show 2007 and 2008. Xabregas received a Five Star rating and the title of Best Mt Barker Winery in James Halliday’s - Australian Wine Companion 2007. The initial Xabregas wine production was limited to 2,800 cases and each year has increased in quality and quantity, with the 2008 bottling yielding 18,000 cases. The Xabregas brand is now synonymous with quality and value and has become a much sought after label. Xabregas»