The Howard Park Scotsdale Cabernet Sauvignon is a single region wine from the Great Southern region. The Scotsdale wines carry the Howard Park label and therefore are sourced from only the highest regarded vineyards and are given extraordinary attention in the vineyard. Canopy management is designed to maximise fruit exposure to the sunlight and yields are low to achieve concentration in the grapes. The grapes are harvested according to flavour with little regard for analytical data, fermentation occurs in static stainless steel tanks with highly aerative pumpovers that are integral in tannin development. The Cabernet Sauvignon is given time on skins after completion of fermentation to further develop the tannin profile prior to going to French oak barriques. There is minimal fining and filtration performed.
The 2007 Scotsdale Cabernet Sauvignon is a crimson red wine of medium density with a purple rim.
The hallmark of Mt Barker Cabernet Sauvignon from a great year is concentration, elegance and complexity in both the bouquet and palate. This wine displays blackberry and mulberry fruits with forest floor like herbal aromas so typical of top Mt Barker Cabernet. There are chocolate and mocha characters supporting the clean fruit.
The palate is dense and concentrated yet soft and elegant with focussed sweet fruit flavours. There are dark chocolate and dark berries on the palate of rare power and intensity. A firm structure gives backbone to the plush fruit and mouthfilling tannins are silky and supple. Aging will benefit this wine full of youthful potential.
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