MCDONALD SERIES
CHURCH ROAD MCDONALD SERIES
CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2021
PROVENANCE
The Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing District consistently makes our most characterful red wines, with its warm, stony soils producing low yield crops of intensely flavoured fruit with a full-bodied, rich yet vibrant flavour. Sheltered from sea breezes and brisk southerly winds, this is one of the warmest subregions in Hawke’s Bay, making it ideally suited to producing bold red wines. This vineyard tends to produce Cabernet Sauvignon with a core of dark fruit and a firm tannin structure that brings length, drive and great longevity.
- WINEMAKERS Chris Scott and Craig Thomas
- VITICULTURALISTS Graham Bartleet and Claire Pinker
AROMAS
TASTING NOTES
Lifted aromatics of perfectly ripe Cabernet are supported by opulent
dark berry fruit with a brooding, warm earthiness. Think floral notes and
fragrant wood suggestive of cocoa, sandalwood and thyme.
BODY
TASTING NOTES
This Cabernet Sauvignon is full and weighty. On the palate the wine is full-bodied
with a powerful, yet fine-grained tannin structure.
CELLARING
TASTING NOTES
With careful cellaring, we expect this wine will age gracefully
for 10 years after its vintage.
A CELEBRATION of
TOM MCDONALD’S
VISION and LEGACY
