2017 42 Degrees South Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot

Alcohol: 13.5%
ρH: 3.65
Total Acidity: 6.3 g/L
Residual sugar: less than 1gr/ litre

Winemakers: John Bown and Alain Rousseau

Cloves and cedar aromas. The palate is full and intense with soft and silky tannins, plenty of ripe berry fruits. Delicious with very long ageing potential.

A very wet spring prevented us watering the vineyard until January. The temperatures were mild and weather overcast all along summer with some warmer days towards February /March. Picking started mid March and finished early May. Ripening of the grapes was very slow but the end product quality will be very good.

Variety: 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40 % Merlot, 5% Pinot Noir sustainably grown.
Region: 100% Coal River valley, Southern Tasmania .
Yield: 8 to 10 tonnes per hectare (3.2– 4 tonnes per acre)

Pressed, fermented then aged in tank for a year.