Winery: Beelgara Estate Wines

Beelgara Regional Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Region Coonawarra

Winemakers  Rod Hooper, Danny Toaldo, Sean Hampel

Colour Deep garnet in colour.

Vintage 2006

Bouquet Aromas of ripe cassis and plum fruit with integrated vanillin and coconut oak.

Palate The palate is soft with mouthfilling flavours of rich and complex berry fruit and a hint of herbaceousness. A stylish wine with seamless texture, great length and fine chalky tannins on the finish.

Analysis 
Alcohol: 14.5 %
PH: 3.36
Total Acid: 7.87g/l
Residual Sugar: 3.3g/lOak

Vinification Machine harvested at 14.0Bè during March, the fruit was then crushed and de-stemmed in to stainless steel fermenters. Fermentation was initiated by inoculating with a commercial yeast strain. Juice was pumped over twice daily allowing extraction of colour and tannins. The ferment proceeded at 20-25°C for approximately 5 days. Draining and pressing occurred at 1Bè. The primary fermentation was completed in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks. The wine then underwent induced malolactic fermentation. Once secondary fermentation was complete the wine was fined and stabilised then introduced to 1 year old oak barriques for 12 to 15 months before being filtered for bottling.

Vintage Report 2006 was very early with reds being harvested in March. Heat and water stress through the growing season contributed to the early picking. Rain mid vintage put vines back to normal timing and very good fruit was harvested later in the vintage.

Food Match Ideal accompanying many red meat dishes such as rare roast beef, venison and barbecued pork sausages

Cellar Will age gracefully for up to 10 years

Awards/ Reviews
SILVER MEDAL WINNER - INTERNATIONAL WINE AND SPIRIT COMPETITION 2008
SILVER MEDAL WINNER - SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL WINE EXPO 2009
SCORE 90, 2010 BIG RED WINE BOOK, Campbell Mattinson

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