This wine was grown, processed and bottled on the Paul Bettio King Valley Estate. The vintage started warm, quickly became very hot and finally ended with a run of cooler and pleasant days ideal for ripening- the rain came heavily at very regular intervals creating issues with exhuberant canopy growth; a welcome problem from the opposite extremes of the 2007 vintage. This wine has been aged for 12 months in new French barriques. This is a full bodied wine, using only selected parcels of estate grown fruit. the wine exhibits fresh blackcurrent and berry flavours with lingering chocolate and spicy fruit aromas; maturing in new French barriques contributes to the fine tannins. Suitable with slow cooked shanks, lamb, venison and other dishes with supplely flavoured sauces.
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2008 Signature Cabernet Sauvignon
