Cabernet Sauvignon
For information regarding previous vintages please contact the winery on info@foresterestate.com.au
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2013 Cabernet Sauvignon
RRP: $37.99 Online Price: $32.30 per bottle
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Tasting Notes
Vintage |
2013 |
Grape Variety | 93% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4.5% Cabernet Franc, 2.5% Petit Verdot |
Oak maturation | 19 months – 1/3 new, 2/3 two and three year old French oak barriques |
Alcohol | 14% Alc/Vol |
Release date | May 2015 |
Colour |
Medium – deep red with a red – purple hue. |
Aroma |
Clean and fragrant with good concentration and purity. There are characters of currant, mulberry, cassis and bay leaf with fragrant lavender and complex cedar oak. |
Palate | Medium bodied with a dense and structured palate. There are ripe fruit characters of mulberry and cassis with lavender and bay leaf. A concentrated and complex wine showing great purity. |
Food matches | Traditional roast lamb with rosemary. |
Peak drinking |
Drinking well now but will develop further in the bottle through until 2027. The wine will benefit from decanting before drinking. |
Awards & Achievements
James Halliday Wine Companion
2011 Cabernet Sauvignon 96 Points
2010 Cabernet Sauvignon 94 Points
2009 Cabernet Sauvignon 92 Points
2007 Cabernet Sauvignon 89 Points
2005 Cabernet Sauvignon 89 Points
2004 Cabernet Sauvignon 92 Points
2003 Cabernet Sauvignon 91 Points
2002 Cabernet Sauvignon 92 Points
2001 Cabernet Sauvignon 89 Points
2013 Cabernet Sauvignon
Bronze Medal – International Wine Challenge 2015
Bronze Medal – Sydney Royal Wine Show 2015
2012 Cabernet Sauvignon
4 Stars – Winestate Magazine, September 2014
Silver Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2014
Silver Medal – International Wine & Spirits Challenge 2014
Silver Medal – International Wine Challenge 2014
2011 Cabernet Sauvignon
GOLD Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA Mount Barker 2013
96 Points – James Halliday Wine Companion 2015
“A blend of 92% cabernet sauvignon, 4% cabernet franc, and 2% each of petit verdot and malbec; open-fermented and macerated for between 7 and 30 days, then matured for 22 months in french oak (33% new). This is a very distinguished cabernet; while it is full of cassis fruit, it has the precision, bordering on rectitude, of high quality cabernet. Drink by 2031.”
92 Points – Ray Jordan Wine Guide 2014
“A tightly focused and slightly angular cabernet reflective of this northern Margaret River region. The nose is highly scented with leafy perfumed notes. On the palate it’s sinewy with firmish tannins and fine grained oak. The fruit is held with deft restraint to a long precise finish. Hints of cigar box and black olive add a degree of complexity to the mix. Will handle cellaring in the medium term.”
Silver Medal – International Wine Challenge 2014
Silver Medal – International Wine & Spirits Competition 2013
Silver Medal – Scoop Summer Edition Tasting 2014
93 Points – Wine Showcase Magazine August 2013
92 Points – Ray Jordan Wine Guide 2014
Bronze Medal – Royal Hobart Wine Show 2013
Bronze Medal – National Wine Show of Australia 2013
Bronze Medal – Perth Royal Wine Show 2013
Bronze Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2013
Bronze Medal – Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2013
Bronze Medal – International Wine Challenge 2013
4 Stars – Winestate Tasting July/August 2013
2010 Cabernet Sauvignon
Silver Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA Mt Barker 2012
2009 Cabernet Sauvignon
4 1/2 Stars – Winestate Tasting May Edition 2012
Silver Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2011
Silver Medal – Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2011
Silver Medal – Mount Barker Wine Show 2011
Silver Medal – Scoop Magazine Spring Tasting 2011
Bronze Medal – Sydney Royal Wine Show 2012
Bronze Medal – Australian Small Winemakers Show 2011
Bronze Medal – Perth Royal Wine Show 2011
Bronze Medal – International Wine & Spirits Fair Hong Kong 2011
Highly Commended – International Wine Challenge 2011
92/100 – Mike Beanie, Wine 100 Magazine October 2011
2008 Cabernet Sauvignon
Gold, Best in Class – International Wine & Spirits Comp 2010
Silver Medal – Australian Small Winemakers Show 2010
Silver Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2010
Bronze Medal – Sydney Royal Wine Show 2010
94 Points – Ray Jordan 2011 WA Wine Guide
3 Stars – Winestate Magazine New Release Tasting 2010
2007 Cabernet Sauvignon
Bronze Medal – Rutherglen Wine Show 2010
Bronze Medal – Scoop Magazine Winter 2009
88 points, Gary Walsh: The Wine Front
4 stars, Equal Top in Category: Winestate Magazine 2010
91 points, Ray Jordan: WA Wine Guide 2010
2005 Cabernet Sauvignon
Silver Medal – London International Wine & Spirit Comp 2008
Silver Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2007
Silver Medal – Sydney Royal Wine Show 2008
Silver Medal – International Wine & Spirit Comp 2009
Bronze Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA 2007
Bronze Medal – Rutherglen Wine Show 2008
Bronze Medal – Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2008
Bronze Medal – Royal Sydney Wine Show 2009
Bronze Medal – Ray Jordan’s WA Wine Guide 2009
Highly Commended – Sydney International Wine Comp 2008
2004 Cabernet Sauvignon
Bronze Medal – Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2007
Bronze Medal – Royal Perth Wine Show 2007
Bronze Medal – Royal Perth Wine Show 2006
Bronze Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2006
Bronze Medal – Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2007
90 points, Capbell Mattinson: The Wine Front
90 points, Huon Hooke: SMH “Good Living” May 2007
2003 Cabernet Sauvignon
Silver Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA 2006
Silver Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA 2005
Bronze Medal – Royal Sydney Wine Show 2005
Top 10 Cabernet Blends – Peter Forrestal, Qantas Magazine
4 1/2 stars, Winestate Tasting Magazine Sept 2005
90 points, Ray Jordan: WA Wine Guide 05/06
2002 Cabernet Sauvignon
Silver Medal – Royal Sydney Wine Show 2004
2 Bronze Medals
2001 Cabernet Sauvignon
2 Bronze Medals
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2013 Cabernet Sauvignon
RRP: $37.99
Online Price: $32.30 per bottle
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Winemaker Comments
Viticulture
Hand picked from a selection of super premium cabernet vineyards at our disposal including a portion of open lyre trellis. As always, meticulous management of bud numbers and shoot thinning ensure a balanced canopy to ripen the crop. The vines grow in the well regarded gravelly/granite soils of Northern Margaret River and are allowed to reach full ripeness before
harvesting. The 2013 vintage was a slightly warmer growing season in Margaret River. A few red varieties were harvested with slightly higher sugar levels, as we waited for the tannins to reach full maturity. The best Cabernets were harvested from the 9th April through to the 18th April, with ripe fruit characters and fully developed seed and skin tannins.
Winemaking
The fruit was harvested in the morning, delivered to the winery and was processed straight away on receival at the winery. Fermentation was strictly controlled at 22 – 24 degrees Celsius in our small open fermenters with heading down boards. Gentle extraction (a Forester Estate style was achieved by daily draining of the wine away from the skins and returning back over the top, with fermentation and maceration times varying from 7 to 30 days. The wine
was then pressed to a blend of new and older French oak barriques to complete malo – lactic fermentation.
Storage / Bottling
Maturation lasted 19 months before the wine was bottled in November 2014. Bottled under screw cap to ensure the wine retains its varietal and regional integrity for longer.