Vinifera Cabernet Sauvignon 375ML

A balanced ruby red bouquet that's super smooth. 

A hearty, full bodied style with rich dark plum and blackcurrant fruit flavours. Add a touch of coca and mintiness from French oak barrel maturation, along with fine tannins and you have a wine of great depth and richness. 

Having lived in Mudgee for 15 years, Tony McKendry (a regional medical superintendent) and wife Debbie succumbed to the lure of winemaking; they planted their small (then 1.5ha) vineyard in '95. In Debbie’s words, ‘Tony, in his spare 2 minutes per day, also decided to start wine science at CSU in 1992’. She continues, ‘He’s trying to live 27 hours per day (plus we have 4 kids!). He fell to pieces when he was involved in a severe car smash in 1997. Two months in hospital stopped his full-time medical work, and the winery dreams became inevitable’. Financial compensation finally came through and the small winery was built. The now-expanded vineyard includes 3.25ha each of chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon, 1.5ha of tempranillo and 1ha each of semillon, grenache and graciano.

James Halliday

Half Bottle 375ML

Cabernet Sauvignon 

Mudgee, Australia

14.0%

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