Noon Reserve Cabernet 2021

The gentle growing season in 2021 suited the Cabernet well and produced a wine with bell clear fruit. Serve it in a big tulip-shaped glass so you can appreciate the aroma as full as possible. There is impressive depth of flavour and a long, clean finish with firm tannins indicating this will develop very nicely through until at least 2035 with good cellaring.

I can't imagine life without it.

Grown on the historic flood plain country of Langhorne Creek above Lake Alexandrina which lends a maritime softness to the wines and avoids the heat spikes of inland regions. The Fruit Trees block was planted on own roots in 1972 and the Main Road block in 1997.

Deep alluvial soil with a high clay content.

Picked on 31 March (Fruit Trees) and 9 April (Main Road).

Fermented in small open vats for 18 days. Basket pressed.

In French oak barriques 16 months.