House of Cards The Ace Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec Petit Verdot

Cabernet Blends | Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia

Composition: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Malbec, 25% Petit Verdot
Tasting Note: A deep and dark ruby red wine with a purple rim. The aromatics are dominated with lifted plum, mulberry and violets characters with hints of oak, earth and leather. The palate is rich and intense with ripe blue fruits and spice dominating. The lineal acid and chewy tannins combine to round out the palate and give length and drive.
Winemaking: Our flagship wine. A blend of cab sauv, malbec and petit verdot grapes. The very best example of each varietal blended to produce a complex and layered wine. The petit verdot portion is 100% whole bunch fermented to add spice and complexity. The malbec portion undergoes a 10% drain off to concentrate tannin content and the cab sauv portion remains on skins to draw complexity from skins and seeds. We use a mixture of open top and barrel fermentation which is hand plunged four times daily. The wine is manually basket pressed then is matured in 50% new French oak for 18 months. We choose our coopers based on their ability to increase the structure of the wine without overpowering the palate and aromatics.

$69.99