Red
Woodlands 'Clementine Eloise' Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
£78.95
Why Mark chose this
Woodlands is a family estate in the heart of Margaret River, producing Cabernet Sauvignon in the restrained, structured style the region does better than almost anywhere outside Bordeaux. Clementine Eloise is their flagship, made from the original south-facing plantings. The 2016 vintage has had a decade in bottle now, and it's showing beautifully: dark cherry, blackcurrant and violets on the nose, with mace and sandalwood behind, and a velvet tannic structure that still has years of life ahead of it. A remarkable wine.
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Best for
- Cellaring
- Very special occasions
- Australian Cabernet lovers
- A fine wine gift
- Style
- Refined and structured, with dark cherry, blackcurrant, violets and a smooth tannic frame
- Food match
- Rack of lamb, roast beef or aged hard cheeses. Decant at least an hour before serving.
- Drink
- Drinking beautifully now and will continue to develop to 2035 and beyond.
- As a gift
- A ten-year-old fine wine from one of Margaret River's finest family estates. The kind of bottle that makes a real impression.
Tasting Notes
Our Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from our original plantings our south-facing slope. This wine is a blend of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Malbec and 2% Cabernet Franc. The soil profile of this slope is generally sandy loam over gravel and clay. These four small plots receive the greatest number of sunlight hours on our vineyard, but the east-west orientation of the vines ensures a slow fruit maturation. These are the last batches we harvest each year – and in 2016 the harvest ran from the 22nd of March to the 1st of April, yielding 5.8 tonnes per hectare. Our 2016 is a captivating dark crimson, sitting in the glass with confidence and ease. The nose is magnetic and engaging, with a spirited crunch and vibrant red fruits interlaced with violet and black rose tea. A backdrop of dark cherries and blackcurrant mixes with scented aromatics of mace and sandalwood. The palate is pristine and polished, and sheathed in a velvet veil of tannin, promising years in the cellar. We thoroughly recommend cellaring until at least 2022, and it will continue to cellar well until 2040.
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Margaret River
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Cabernet Franc
- Vintage
- 2016
- ABV
- 13.5%
- Vol.
- 750ml