Clairault Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

Clairault Streicker wines are authentic and classically-styled, setting a benchmark for the Margaret River region. 

Much care is taken at harvest, the fruit is picked, de-stemmed and crushed, so that each berry is just split. This is to ensure minimal berry degradation during the fermentation process and to promote fresh, clean flavour production. The fermentation process is cool and gentle, allowing slower, more controlled extraction of tannin and flavour. The wine is pumped over three times a day and then judiciously backed off as the wine develops. This wine was on skins in the fermenter for 14 days, before gentle pressing and barrelling down. The result is clean, pure fruit flavours, boasting supple yet powerful tannin. The wine was aged in French oak barriques for 18 months before the wine was removed from barrels, clarified and bottled. 

Sourced from the eldest vineyard plantings and now extended cellaring will open up into a deliciously aged Cabernet Sauvignon.