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Clairault Halley & Lex Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Tasting Notes

This wine was on skins in the fermenter for 14 days, before being gently pressed to French oak for 10 months before the wine was balanced, clarified, and bottled. Currants, graphite, black cherries with a rich entry of black fruits, cedar, vanilla pod, and glazed cherries. Bright acidity and coating tannin propel a vital palate of summer berries and spicy oak to a persistent finish of yet more red and black fruits.

Winery: Clairault
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
SKU: CLAIHALEXCS2018 Categories: ,
Bottle Size: 750ml
Clairault Halley & Lex Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

$19.99

Awards/Reviews

91 pts James Suckling Dec 2021
This wine has a leafy nose with a ripe-blackberry profile and lots of sweet vanilla, pine wood and a touch of walnuts. It’s rich and concentrated with a full body and ripe tannins. Long and earthy, yet with a sweetish aftertaste. Drinkable now, but can improve with age. Screw cap.

Winemaker Notes

Clairault-Streicker Wines are a family of premium wines, crafted from privately-owned vineyardsin the Margaret River Wine Appellation of Western Australia. Since 1976, the vineyard has grown to encompass the diverse climate and soil conditions of three renowned sub regions. Their portfolio includes an award winning, cold-climate Streicker Syrah, outstanding single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons and Chardonnays and the exceptional wines of the original Clairault Vineyards. Clairault Streicker wines are authentic and classically styled, setting a benchmark for the Margaret River region.

The Halley & Lex Cabernet Sauvignon is a fruit-driven expression of the Margaret River region. Margaret River is one of the most geographically isolated wine regions in the world. Maritime influenced Mediterranean climate and ancient gravelly soils give Margaret River ideal conditions for premium viticulture. The Cabernet Sauvignon is de- stemmed and crushed, so that each berry is just split. This is to ensure minimal berry degradation during the fermentation process and to promote fresh, clean flavor production by our very specifically selected yeast strain. Our ferments are, by industry standards, cool and gentle, allowing slower, more controlled extraction of tannin and flavor. The wine is pumped over three times a day and then judiciously backed off as the wine develops.

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