This third vintage selection of ‘Reserve’ Cabernet is again an outstanding example from one of the oldest and proven Cabernet Sauvignon growing regions in Australia – Langhorne Creek. 2003 was Bremerton’s fifteenth vintage of producing premium Cabernet Sauvignon with their first release in 1988. The 2003 vintage has again allowed a bottling of Cabernet worthy of the ‘Reserve’ label. This ‘Reserve’ wine is blended from a fastidious selection of the best barrels of Cabernet Sauvignon from the amazing 2003 vintage all originating from their Langhorne Creek vineyards. All Cabernet harvested for Bremerton wines is picked at phenological ripeness based on vineyards sensory analysis.

This Cabernet Sauvignon is blended from a selection of the best batches of Cabernet Sauvignon fruit that all originated from Bremerton’s Langhorne Creek vineyards. These vineyards are influenced by the temperate microclimate of warm days, cool nights and breezes from Lake Alexandrina. The fruit was fermented in open vats and then matured for 21 months in new fine grain French oak from a range of cooperages. Individual barrels of Cabernet were selected for the ‘Reserve’ release, blended and bottled with care.

A deep crimson color with a purple rim. The bouquet displays rich and intense aromas of dark berry fruit and cassis with hints of underlying cedary French oak. The palate is rich and ripe with sweet warmed berries and plums, spice and velvety tannins with intense mouth filling earthy undertones complementing a subtle integrated smoky oak palate and a delicate refined tannin structure. Reward with cellaring up to 10 years. Pairs well with red meat, heavy pasta dishes, grilled chicken - in fact just about anything.

Alcohol: 15.1%

pH: 3.53

TA: 6.5g/l

Residual Sugar: 1.8g/l

Cases Produced: 500

91 The top wine in this portfolio is clearly the 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve, a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged 20 months in new French oak. Its beautiful deep ruby/purple color is followed by a big, Pauillac-like perfume of cedar, black currants, licorice, and plums. In fact, this wine could pass for an Australian version of the famed Pauillac, Lynch Bages. Consume this fleshy, full-bodied, intense, pure, rich beauty over the next 10-12 years. Robert Parker Jr. - Wine Advocate

92 Very ripe fruit; a mix of prune, blackcurrant and licorice; doesn’t quite have the tannin structure to support all that fruit, but that is a carping criticism . James Halliday - 2008 Australian Wine Companion