Flametree Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
96 Points, IWSC
Deep rich ruby colour with vibrant hue. Ripe dense fruit characters of blackcurrant, mulberry, blackberry fruits with hints of violet & dark chocolate. Silky seamless palate with rich fruit concentration chocolaty complexity.
All fruit parcels spent a few days soaking on skins before commencing wild ferment in open top fermenters with strategic plunging and pump-overs for balanced tannin extraction. The individual batches were fermented around 22-26 degrees, pressed and then transferred into new and used French Oak barrels for maturation. 28% was new French oak barrels, the remainder being 2-4 year barrels. The wine was then blended, lightly fined and bottled.
- Vintage - 2022
- Alcohol - 14.0
- Cellaring - CELLARING 5 years plus.