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Bremerton 2003 "B.O.V." Shiraz Cabernet SauvignonLanghorne Creek, South Australia
Having a small batch winery facility puts Bremerton in a position to be able to keep all parcels of fruit separate from the time of picking through fermentation to oak maturation. As a result, this reveals many amazing small parcels of wine. These amazing parcels get nurtured and tasted and often end up as secret "favorites" that the winemaker Rebecca Willson holds a soft spot for throughout vintage. Previously these parcels would eventually be blended together creating complex blends but losing their individuality. Rebecca has now managed to separate the most enticing parcels that have captured her attention either through uniqueness or pure wine quality, and the B.O.V (Best of Vintage) label has evolved.
This Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon blend (50% of each) is blended from a selection of the best batches of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz fruit that all originated from Bremerton own quality Langhorne Creek vineyards. These vineyards are influenced by the temperate microclimate of warm days, cool nights and breezes from Lake Alexandrina.
The low yielding, high quality parcel selections of fruit were fermented in open vats with the cap wet twice daily. This wine was pressed to oak for the completion of malolactic fermentation. During the maturation of these parcels their amazing perfumed concentrated qualities were revealed and four outstanding barrels identified. The Shiraz in new Francois Freres Allier barriques and the Cabernet in new Taransaud French oak Cabernet selection barriques. This wine was allowed to mature for 20 months before being bottled.
A deep purple color, almost black. The bouquet explodes with lovely ripe berried fruit coupled with hints of lifted violets and subtle integrated oak. The palate is full-bodied and ripe with rich sweet flavored blackberry and mulberry characters, layers of spice, licorice, cedar, earth and bittersweet chocolate. This wine will reward with cellaring up to 10 years. Pair with filet Mignon smothered in a Roquefort sauce.
Alcohol: 15.5% pH: 3.56 TA: 6.7g/l Residual Sugar: 1.2g/l
93 Medium red-purple; a complex array of complex plush fruit, swathed in a cocoon of moccha, vanilla oak. Totally seductive. James Halliday - 2007 Australian Wine Companion
92 A 50-50 blend, the dense ruby/purple-hued 2003 Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon B.O.V. offers up sweet floral, blackberry, blueberry, chocolate, and toasty new oak aromas. Dense, full-bodied, ripe, and multi-layered, it was aged in new French oak for 20 months prior to bottling. Consume this impressive offering over the next 10-12 years. Robert Parker Jr. - Wine Advocate
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