2024 dalla mia Finestra Cabernet Sauvignon

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Source: Hand harvested from the home vineyard blocks planted in 1989 and 1996 

Cabernet Clones:  SA125 (70%) & G9V3 (20%)   

Winemaking Notes: Following the introduction of a small percentage of new-vine Merlot, Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Petite Verdot in 2021, the 2024 vintage sees this percentage increase 10% of the final wine. The four new varieties are co-fermented and blended into the final wine at bottling.  All fruit parcels are wholly destemmed and open pot fermented with daily hand plunging.  After cold-soaking for a couple of days, fermentation startsnaturally with cultured yeasts later added to complete the ferment.  The wine spends a further two weeks post-fermentation macerating on skins,before being pressed to a combination of French oak barriques and hogsheads.  The wine was bottled following approximately 12-months in oak. 

Wine Characteristics:  Displaying all the characteristics of the fine Yarra Valley Cabernet style. Finestra’s Cabernets are built for the cellar whilst also providing drinking pleasure from around two years after vintage. A reduction in the new-oakcomponent and earlier bottling sees a bright, elegant and fresh-fruited version of Finestra’s Cabernet in 2024. 

 Reviews: “ 10% merlot/malbec. From the home block vineyard,planted next door to Yeringberg in '89. A lovely bright crimson. Bottled earlier than usual and it's certainly the freshest (and best) Finestra cabernet I've tasted. A very pure cassis nose that sits alongside a hint of pencil shavings and crushed violet. It's ripe without being heavy on the palate with discreet, persistent tannins giving the wine both structure and length. Drink now and over the next eight to 10 years.” 96 points. 

 Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion