2018 McGuigan Cellar Select Cabernet Merlot

2018 McGuigan Cellar Select Cabernet Merlot
Item No. 1710423-1
4.9 out of 5 Customer Rating
Displaying a powerful chocolate and mulberry fruit on the nose. Full-bodied, with great depth of flavour, berry fruit is married with underlying toasty charred oak.
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Displaying a powerful chocolate and mulberry fruit on the nose. Full-bodied, with great depth of flavour, berry fruit is married with underlying toasty charred oak.
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Full Bodied

Full Bodied

Premium Parcel

Premium Parcel

Dry

Dry

Overview

The 2018 vintage is one of the rare vintages we could harvest two different red varieties on the same day such that we could blend the crushed grapes together and conferment the grapes. This method of winemaking has the benefit of enabling a higher extraction of the various tannins from the skins and making a stronger wine overall. Gundagai is a cool climate growing area not far from the Snowy Mountains, and the Limestone Coast fruit was from Bordertown in SA not far from Coonawarra.
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Varietal
Cabernet Merlot
Region
Limestone Coast, SA
Peak Drinking
Drink now or enjoy over 5 years.
Winemaker
Peter Hall
Alcohol Volume
15%
pH
3.41
Residual Sugar
3.8
Total Acidity
6.85
Colour
Deep Red with purple tinges.

Tasting Notes

Aroma

Chocolate Cherry Eucalypt Mulberry coupled with lifted char coffee French oak.

Palate

Ripe sweet fruit. A fuller style wine with fine grained tannins and a long finish. This concentrated wine has a warm alcohol derived mouth feel along with berry fruit flavours and a soft acidity.

Food Pairing

Beef

Beef

Chicken

Chicken

Antipasto

Antipasto