Woods Crampton Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Sourced from a single, low yielding twenty five year old vineyard in the Angaston Foothills, right on the boundary road between Barossa Valley and Eden Valley. Sheltered by the Angaston hills, the vines are cooled in the afternoons because of shadows from hills and cool evenings as tucked into a gulley, perfect for slow ripening Cabernet Sauvignon.

The grapes are hand-picked and fully destemmed (no whole bunch) and a slow cool natural fermentation. The juice was left on skins for 20 days before being pressed off to hogshead French barrels. 45% New French Hogshead barrels, matured without racking for 18 months before being blended, bottled without finings or filtration.

The resulting wine has dark fruited aromas with fresh new leather, dark clove and black olive tapenade. The palate is dark, rich and layered with sweet black fruit flavours, garden herbs, rose petal and toast. Soft but obvious tannins combined with freshness of acidity help drive a satisfyingly long finish. Excellent value for the money.