Joseph River Estate 2020 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

The story of this Cabernet Sauvignon begins in the vineyard, where the fruit is nurtured to ripeness, hand-picked and only the best fruit selected to be pressed.

The Joseph River Estate label is best known for its award-winning 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon, winner of the highly regarded Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy.

Grown in the Margaret River wine region, the Joseph River Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon speaks true to the region’s reputation of producing world class Cabernets, rivalling with the best of Bordeaux.

TASTING NOTES

Plum purple core to the rim. Spiced plum and vanilla bean, light cigar box complexity. Dry, notable acid supports intense red berry fruit core, layered with vanilla bean and find French oak complexity to a long, persistent finish.

WINEMAKING  

Handpicked in late March, fermented in small batches and pressed to tank before racking to premium selected French oak hogsheads for 14 month long maturation.   

VARIETY _ 100% Cabernet Sauvignon    

REGION _ Margaret River

ALCOHOL _ 14.2%

OAK _ French oak, 16 months

AWARDS

95 POINTS - From The Wine Pilot's Jeni Port

"A reserve wine that lives up to its name. As a five-year-old, it impresses with its youthful vitality and emerging complexity. This wine is only starting its journey, and it’s got a while to go but, in the meantime, it is offering so, so much… black berries, black plum, loganberry and dried herbs…it is enlivened by a lovely thread of leafy herbals in harmony with spice, quality oak and earth, trimmed and well-shaped in fine, firm tannins.  It is a joy to see a Margaret River Cabernet released with some age under its belt and looking so darn good..."