A traditionaly crafted red wine, made from grapes grown to hand managed vines a half century of age, planted to rich, red
Terra rossa soils. One of the nation's most enduring Cabernet wines, the Redman family can trace its heritage of Coonawarra viticulture to forty acres purchased by Bill Redman in 1908. A consistent effort with every vintage release, Redman defines the timeless Coonawarra Cabernet style, rich ripe tannin and excellent varietal berry fruit characters are the foundation, the finish is long in flavour, firm and dry.
Grapes are harvested and crushed right in the vineyard. Vinification is carried out in open concrete fermenters, the cap is hand plunged twice daily. Matured for a year and a half, a third of components are run off into new French oak hogsheads for completion of ferments, the balance finishes its course on skins before racking to oak.
TASTING NOTESDark red in colour. Rich concentrated berry and cassis fruit with cedar notes, a touch of mint and vanilla oak. The palate exhibits ripe berry fruit with firm tannins which combine to give a balanced and complex structure, before a long dry flavoursome finish. The classic Coonawarra, exhibiting elegance with generous blackberry flavour and solid structure.