Margaret River Regional Wine Centre - Fraser Gallop Cabernet Merlot 2008

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Fraser Gallop 2008
Cabernet Merlot

Cabernet Merlot

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Price: AU$ 23.50

Tasting Notes:

Colour: A youthful deep raspberry red colour with vibrant crimson hues, this wine has an appealing colour and sparkle in the glass.

Nose: The nose is quite fragrant, a pot pouri of rosewater, blackcurrant, brambles and dusty berry fruits.

Palate: The palate reveals juicy layers of blackberry, blackcurrant and mulberry wrapped around a core of cedary perfumed French oak. It is fresh with brightness of acidity balanced by fine chewy tannins quite cranberry like. Although this wine is eminently drinkable now it will continue to improve with short term cellaring. A great wine to match with lamb, beef and gamey dishes.

Winemakers Notes:

76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc, 2% Malbec
The 2008 Fraser Gallop Estate Cabernet Merlot follows on from the highly sort after inaugural 2007 which, in its short wine show run won two gold medals in consecutive national wine shows and was a Jimmy Watson Trophy finalist at the 2008 Royal Melbourne Wine Show. The 2008 vintage was slightly cooler with flavour ripeness in the more elegant vein, with savoury flavours complementing red berry fruits in its profile. The blending of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot has been proven in Margaret River?s short history and elsewhere, such as Bordeaux where the blend originated. The varieties work so well because structural tannins of Cabernet are tamed by the inherent mid-palate richness and softness of the Merlot grape.

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