D'Arenberg High Trellis McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon (75cl)

A McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon from D'Arenberg. The High Trellis vineyard has produced grapes since the late nineteenth century, and its vines were the first at D'Arenberg to be trained above knee-height in the 1890s. The wine is made in small batches, foot-trodden two thirds through fermentation, basket pressed and aged in old American oak barriques on lees, with no fining or filtration before bottling. It has a pretty nose with lifted cassis and blueberry aromas. The palate is medium bodied and fresh, showing mulberry, black cherry and sage, with vibrant acidity and plenty of spice, and the finish is long and mouth-watering.