Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Tasting Notes

“Gallagher’s Choice” Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 is Woody Nook Wines flagship red, named for the Vineyards’ founding family; the late Jeff and Wynn Gallagher, who planted the original “old block” in 1982. A classic, full-bodied Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon. It is vibrant and complex with a nose of blackcurrant, eucalypt and well-integrated French oak. The palate of dark berry fruits, herbs and cedary oak is tightly structured by fine grained tannins and acidity. “Gallagher’s Choice” is made to cellar and patience will be rewarded as the wine develops and evolves over ten plus years.

Winemaking Notes

Woody Nook Wines Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 was made from 6.28 tonne of low yielding, non-irrigated vines from the original 1982 planted Gallagher Block, hand-picked on the 21^st March, 2018 at 14.2° baumé. The grapes were destemmed and crushed before the must (skins, seeds, juice) was pumped to two separate open fermenters, inoculated with RX60 yeast, for seven days fermented on skins with a combination of twice daily pump overs and hand plunging. The wine was pressed to 21 barriques (28.5% new French Nadalie oak), the balance second-use French and Hungarian oak, for twenty months maturation before filtration and bottling (unfined) in December 2019.

 486 cases were produced.