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    Wicks Estate CJ Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

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    A medium bodied Cab with excellent intensity of tobacco leaf, tomato leaf and dark chocolate. Works beautifully with all things lamb.
    Wicks Estate CJ Cabernet Sauvignon
    Wine Specs
    Variety
    Cabernet Sauvignon
    Region
    Adelaide Hills, SA
    Vintage
    2016
    Winery
    Wicks Estate
    Winemaker
    Leigh Ratzner
    Body
    Medium
    Sweetness
    Dry
    Drinking Window
    Now - 2028
    Alcohol %
    14.5
    Closure
    Screwcap
    Size
    750 mL
    Biodynamic
    No
    The Wicks family association with the picturesque Woodside region of the Adelaide Hills started long before the winery was established. The wine part of the story began with the purchase of a 54 hectare property by Tim and Simon Wick in 1999, set along the Inverbrackie Creek the property was planted to Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Shiraz and Cabernet. In 2004 they completed their state of the art processing facility to back up the traditional methods used in the creating of their generous hand crafted wines.
    Adelaide Hills, SA

    Region

    Adelaide Hills, SA

    Considerably cooler than the surrounding plains, the hills are washed in rain during winte ...
    Considerably cooler than the surrounding plains, the hills are washed in rain during winter months, and the peaks wrapped in fog. It is considered a high rainfall region compared to other Australian regions, but outside of winter the climate is warm and dry. Night time temperatures are the feature - notably cooler than the day when the sun sets. Worth noting is how the average rainfall increases the higher you go, with Mount Lofty picking up 1400mm on the old splash-o-meter compared to 850mm just 10K down the road in Charleston. This range of moisture and altitudes results in a variety of soils, but in general are sand and clay loam over clay subsoils. ... Read Full Article
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    Cabernet Sauvignon

    Variety

    Cabernet Sauvignon

    Cabernet Sauvignon is unmistakably one of the world's most recognised red wine varieties. ...
    Cabernet Sauvignon is unmistakably one of the world's most recognised red wine varieties. It is produced in most major wine growing regions across the world, from the banks of the Gironde in France to Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, to the valleys of California where it overtook the Zinfandel variety on it's rise to glory. Since the late 1800s Australia has definitely proven itself in the world of the humble 'Cab Sauv'. Speaking locally, I turn the page on my desk copy of Halliday's 'Wine Atlas of Australia & New Zealand', to read: 'Whichever yardstick one adopts, Coonawarra produces most of Australia's great Cabernet Sauvignon.' Proud Parents Cabern ... Read Full Article
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    Adelaide Hills, SA
    Adelaide Hills, SA

    Considerably cooler than the surrounding plains, the hills are washed in rain during winter months, and the peaks wrapped in fog. It is considered a high rainfall region compared to other Australian regions, but outside of winter the climate is warm and dry. Night time temperatures are the feature - notably cooler than the day when the sun sets. Worth noting is how the average rainfall increases the higher you go, with Mount Lofty picking up 1400mm on the old splash-o-meter compared to 850mm just 10K down the road in Charleston. This range of moisture and altitudes results in a variety of soils, but in general are sand and clay loam over clay subsoils. A bit of shale and ironstone can be found, and the soil is acidic on average and rarely acidic.

    The combination of climate and soil lends to superb cool-weather whites like Riesling (if you watch for mould), Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir and crisp Chardonnays. Merlot, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon can also be found, with the grapes maturing

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    Cabernet Sauvignon
    Cabernet Sauvignon

    Cabernet Sauvignon is unmistakably one of the world's most recognised red wine varieties. It is produced in most major wine growing regions across the world, from the banks of the Gironde in France to Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, to the valleys of California where it overtook the Zinfandel variety on it's rise to glory. Since the late 1800s Australia has definitely proven itself in the world of the humble 'Cab Sauv'. Speaking locally, I turn the page on my desk copy of Halliday's 'Wine Atlas of Australia & New Zealand', to read: 'Whichever yardstick one adopts, Coonawarra produces most of Australia's great Cabernet Sauvignon.'

    Proud Parents

    Cabernet Sauvignon was born in the 17th century in an accidental parenting mix-up and is the spawn of a Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc entanglement which occurred in south western France. (Which reminds of a joke where a Chihuahua and a Pug walked out a bar one day..) Immediately its popularity amongst winemakers increased as its
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