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Secret Deal MS McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

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Secret Deal MS McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
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Secret Deal MS McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
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Secret Deal MS McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

SKU: MICS202110 UCAU
10-15 Years
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From one of the most impressive producers in McLaren Vale

Amarone style of winemaking here producing an incredible Cabernet with dense, rich fruit of extraordinary detail

"It is soooooo long too with the fruit concentration holding that flavour for minutes" 96pts Angus Hughson (Wine Pilot)

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Tasting Notes

Following the traditional Appassimento technique, the fruit was handpicked at 13.4˚ Baume and placed onto 10kg drying crates. The grapes were then transferred to our temperature and humidity controlled storage shed to dry for 25 days. This resulted in a 30% loss in bunch weight, concentrating aromas and flavours and softening tannins. Once sufficiently dried and concentrated, the fruit was destemmed and crushed into an open top fermenter and pumped over twice daily throughout ferment. After pressing, the wine was transferred to 60% new and 40% one year old French oak hogshead barrels, where it underwent natural malolactic fermentation and 24 months maturation. We then carefully assessed each barrel for inclusion in the final blend. The 2019 Serpico Cabernet Sauvignon was made without finings and received only light filtration prior to bottling.

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Picked at a potential alcohol of 13.2%, the fruit was dried 34 days, losing 30% in weight, then destemmed, crushed and fermented; matured in 80% new and 20% one-year-old French oak for 18 months. As with Amarone (its inspiration), this was picked earlier than if fermented immediately. That creates a tussle between the leafy, herbal side of the grape and the concentrated intensity after dehydration. It’s an intriguing tussle though. Green peppers, bracken and sage, liqueur cherries, dried fig, master stock spices, Averna, crème de cassis. It’s supple and sweet fruited, richly textured and full, though not cloying.

We are into the Mitolo big guns here, a collection from the superb 2021 vintage, one of McLaren Vale’s best. For those wondering, yes, it is named after Detective Frank Serpico of the NYPD, famous for fighting corruption back in the Sixties and celebrated in both book (by Peter Maas) and film, both of which are seriously good (no spoilers, of course, but from memory, the poor bloke was shot in the face for his troubles, by fellow cops, but fortunately survived – so okay, possibly a small spoiler). What has a New York cop got to do with a Cab from McLaren Vale? This is made by the apassimento method, which the team see as going against the grain, just like Serpico. Apassimento is where the harvested grapes are left to dry and concentrate, upping the intensity. The oak, for a couple of years’ maturation, is a mix of new and older French. Under diam. Deep garnet hue, the nose exhibits an array of aromas, with notes of black fruits, bay leaves, chocolate, warm earth, cigar boxes, aniseed, Bovril and oak influence. This wine offers, what one of our cricket commentators might call, the corridor of Cabernet concentration. Powerful stuff. There is quite a surprisingly supple texture here, with very good length and focus. Years of pleasure ahead here, at least ten to twelve.

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If you like Australian wine, then you probably like South Australia wine. The rich reds produced there put Australia on the wine-making map of the world. With over 40% of the countries vineyards, South Australia can rightfully call itself the wine state.

Wines are produced in several regions throughout the state, though many are naturally grouped together, like Barossa and Eden Valleys, only 15 minutes apart. They include such regions as Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Eden Valley, Coonawarra, Adelaide Hills, Kangaroo Island, Langhorne Creek, The Limestone Coast, McLaren Vale and Wrattonbully to name but a few!

Barossa Valley boasts some of the oldest vines in Australia dating back to 1843 and produces some of the world's finest Shiraz, whilst the 'terra rossa' soils of Coonawarra is most suited to producing outstanding Cabernet Sauvignons. If you're a fan of Riesling, Clare Valley is a great place to explore and for a Maritime climate not dissimilar to parts of the Italian coastline, seek out the wines from McLaren Vale.

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