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Stevens Road Range

Stevens Road wines are crafted from the very best parcels grown on our estate’s most cherished site, creating an elegant liquid expression of this unique single vineyard.

2021 Stevens Road Cabernet Sauvignon

This limited production single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon demonstrates our philosophy of selecting only the very best rows from the very best blocks on the property. Sourced from our Stevens Road vineyard, 3km down the road from the Xanadu winery on the Boodjidup Brook, this wine offers a unique expression of the outstanding quality wine this special little vineyard is capable of producing. Only 8 barrels produced.

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Tasting Notes

Colour:Deep red with garnet hues.
Nose:Wonderful aromas of ripe forest fruits, redcurrants and floral notes framed by high quality oak with hints of tobacco and graphite in the background.
Palate:Medium bodied, the elegant palate offers black plums and boysenberry characters, with fine tannins culminating to a beautifully structured wine with a distinct, lingering Cabernet finish.
Cellaring Potential:Vibrant and robust in its youth, this wine will certainly benefit from further bottle maturation and cellar comfortably for 5+ years.

Viticulture

Varietal:Cabernet Sauvignon 87%, Malbec 13%
Vintage:2021
Region:Margaret River
Conditions:We had a great summer leading up to vintage, although a rain event a week before the start of harvest lead to some unusually humid conditions (for Margaret River at least). Careful fruit selection in certain vineyards was required as a result of the humidity, despite experiencing ideal conditions during the white harvest. The end of the whites saw slightly more rain, followed by fine weather for the remainder of March, setting up the Cabernets nicely. In summary, 2021 was a more challenging season than usual, however the extra work in the vineyard ultimately paid dividends with wonderfully elegant wines produced as a result. Fruit for this single vineyard wine is entirely harvested from the bottom of Block 3 at our Stevens Road Vineyard, situated on the Boodjidup Brook approximately 3km from the winery. We consider this mature, low yielding vineyard as our own Grand Cru site, the tiny block (0.6 Ha) consistently producing some of our very best Cabernet each vintage, supplemented with a beautiful portion of Malbec from the same vineyard. Limited to only 200 dozen (only 8 barrels produced), the 2021 Stevens Road Cabernet Sauvignon recognises the outstanding quality that this individual vineyard can produce and highlights the unique personality of this very special site.

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Winemaking

Alcohol:13.5%
Bottle Size:750ml
pH:3.50
Winemaking Notes:Fruit was crushed/destemmed before fermentation into a small, static fermenter for a 7-day ferment at 24 - 28oC, during which time the cap was managed with regular, aerative, pump-overs. The wine was gently pressed at 2 Baumé and finished ferment in tank. Once dry, the wine was racked to fine French oak barriques (40% new) and matured for 14 months, before the blend was assembled. The 2021 Xanadu Stevens Road Cabernet Sauvignon is made from qualifying grapes at a winery certified by Sustainable Winegrowing Australia.

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