PIRRAMIMMA
Cabernet-sauvignon Reserve
2010
About this winery
Pirramimma was founded by Alexander Campbell Johnston in 1892 and has been owned and operated by the Johnston family ever since. The Johnston family arrived in South Australia in 1839 and in 1892 Alexander, the tenth of thirteen children, purchased 97 hectares of rich farmland southeast of the then fledgling village of McLaren Vale. He named his land Pirramimma, an Aboriginal phrase meaning "the moon and the stars." The vineyard soils vary from sandy, on the rise, to rich dark loam on the flat....
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Production notes
Made from some of the oldest vines in McLaren Vale, (and on the Pirramimma Estate), the intensity of this Cabernet Sauvignon is quite amazing.
Matured in American oak for two years, this wine is dark red in colour, and has a subtle black currant nose. The palate is rich, rounded and full of ripe Cabernet fruit. A complex wine with outstanding length, depth and a firm but smooth tannin finish.
This wine has the structure and breeding to continue to develop for many years with appropriate cellaring.
Tasting notes
Made from some of the oldest vines in McLaren Vale, (and on the Pirramimma Estate), the intensity of this Cabernet Sauvignon is quite amazing.
Matured in American oak for two years, this wine is dark red in colour, and has a subtle black currant nose. The palate is rich, rounded and full of ripe Cabernet fruit. A complex wine with outstanding length, depth and a firm but smooth tannin finish.
This wine has the structure and breeding to continue to develop for many years with appropriate cellaring.