Variety:
100% harvested from the Estate vineyard

Viticulture:
Following a 2 week early budburst with a very cool spring provided a somewhat testing year in the vineyard. As the season progressed the regular pattern followed with the training and nurturing of the vines and grapes by hand. The cold spring produced a reduced

Specifications:
Alcohol: 13.3%
PH: 3.55
TA:5.7g/l
Residual sugar: Dry
Locality: Dakins Road

Winemaking:
Hand picked, fermented warm in small open top fermenters and pressed on completion of fermentation. A blend of 50% Merlot and 50% Cabernet, the wine was aged in new and 2 year old oak for 12 months before being racked, fined with egg whites and bottled in February 2002.

Tasting Notes:
Blending Merlot with Cabernet is a synergy widely respected. The soft flavours of the merlot combine with the Cabernet to create a rich wine with intense fruit and integrated oak. Intense purple black color with lively black current and mulberry aromas. This is a wine made for enjoyment now or cellaring for further development and enhanced complexities.