Wantirna Estate 'Amelia' Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot DuMOL with dark cherry and plum

with dark cherry and plum fruit characters intermingling with savoury

poached rhubarb

A fine spine of minerally natural acid carries the fruit flavours across the long finish

persistent bubbles and a luminous youthful sparkle

the complexity of barrel fermentation and the classic mineral crisp finish typical of Beechworth’s granite soils

Wantirna Estate 'Amelia' Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot DuMOL with dark cherry and plumA large proportion of the grapes for this wine come from the original 1963 plantings of cabernet sauvignon, merlot and cabernet franc vines. The remainder is from the more recently planted 1989 petit verdot. Whilst the proportions are different every year, depending on fruit set and cropping levels, roughly speaking the break down is about as follows: 65% cabernet sauvignon, 30% cabernet franc and merlot, and 5% petit verdot. The addition of the petit