Deep Woods Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Deep Woods Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Deep Woods is at its romantic best with this juicy jowlful of fresh berries and dusty chocolate tannins. One of Margaret River's finest, and set to age well if you can just resist her charms.

Regions: Margaret River
Bottle volume: 750mL
Closure: Screwcap
Vintage: 2009
Drink by: 2022
Technical details: Alc/Vol 14.0%, pH 3.45, Acidity 6.9 g/L

Tasting Notes
Colour
Deep ruby red with vivid purple hues.

Nose
Abounds in concentrated cassis, blueberry and plum fruit flavours with restrained spicy overtones – hints of dried bay leaf.

Palate
The palate provides layers of complex and varietally correct  flavours including blackberry, plum and cassis.  The upfront fruit flavours are well supported by delicately interwoven French oak characters and a savoury complexity.  The long and flavoursome finish is punctuated by well rounded tannin ensuring the wine will reward long-term cellaring.

Winemaking Notes
Representing the pinnacle of any given vintage, the Deep Woods Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon is crafted from very low-yielding vines on the estate. The northeastern facing soils are well drained gravelly loam over granite and clay with average yields of 2 tonnes per acre.

Winemaking
Each parcel of fruit is afforded the utmost attention in the winery with winemaking techniques aimed at optimising and enhancing the individual character of each block.  Select parcels are cold soaked for up to 72 hours in open fermenters prior to initiation of primary fermentation. Throughout the fermentation each batch is pumped over twice daily to gently extract colour, flavour and tannin from the skins. Upon completion of fermentation, the wine is drained from its skins directly to a combination of new and seasoned French barriques where it is allowed to undergo malo-lactic fermentation and mature for 18 months.