Houghton Jack Mann Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 (6 Bottles) Frankland River

by Accolade Wines Australia

$1,139.00 GST Included

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED

97 Points by James Halliday in the 2023 James Halliday Wine Companion on 8/1/2022
The cabernet shape of the bottle is normal, its weight heavier – appropriate for Jack Mann’s belief that no wine was worth its gold unless it could be diluted with 50% water and still enjoyed. This is pure cabernet sauvignon, from a deep well of blackcurrant and black olive fruit, and tannins to make sure the wine outlives you.

97 Points – Huon Hooke The Real Review
Very deep, bright purple/red colour, with a concentrated cassis bouquet, fresh and youthful, with lifted aromatic notes suggesting blackberry, dried herbs, blueberry and a faint hint of peppermint, while the flavour is mouth-filling and concentrated in its intensity. Masses of fine, appropriately firm tannins coat the mouth, all components in harmony. A splendid cabernet that already shows complexity and promises to age superbly. (From the Justin vineyard) 15 JUL 2021
2023–2044

96 Points by Ray Jordan in the The Weekend West on 11/1/2021
One of the more elegant examples of this famous Houghton wine. Opens with delightful leafy notes on the nose that sit gently across the blackcurrant and black olive naunces. There’s a little bay leaf and tobacco thing happening in there too. Then the palate delivers with deep control, supported by a rigid spine of chalky tannin and fine-grained oak. Still very shy and it will be a few years before it has the courage to really strut its stuff.

Jancis Robinson in the Australian Classics Review on 7/1/2021
Not an exceptionally deep crimson. Complex, subtle, relaxed, layered nose. On paper this looks like a ridiculously early release for a wine with this track record and rated Outstanding in the famous Langton’s Classification. It really is a claret in style! So unlike the Australian stereotype. Rather subtler than most red bordeaux! Superappetising and admirably restrained. Dry but not drying finish. I’d love to compare this with a red bordeaux of the same age but they are not yet in bottle! It really opens out into a fan of flavour on the finish. The word classic springs to mind.

Our flagship wine, named after legendary Houghton Winemaker Jack Mann, who presided over winemaking for 51 consecutive vintages.

A fine wine of elegance, fruit flavor and power balanced by firm fine-grained tannins, Jack Mann is the finest Cabernet produced by Houghton. Accordingly, it is named after legendary Houghton winemaker, Jack Mann who presided over the winemaking for 51 consecutive vintages at Houghton. Jack’s unrelenting search for flavor and character and his desire to make wine to exacting standards was legendary within the industry.

This wine has a dark purple appearance with a bright scarlet hue. The bouquet is dense with concentrated dark forest fruits, black olive, blackberry and dark chocolate characters. There is a subtle overlay of dried herbs with high quality French oak completing the picture. The palate is full flavored with rich, sumptuously layered wine with intensity, power and presence. The dense, firm, fine grained tannin is beautifully integrated with the fruit and oak providing a seamless palate. A wine of exceptional concentration and length. This wine has Outstanding intensity, structure and balance ensuring the ability for long cellar life.

PEAK DRINKING
15 – 20 years
FOOD MATCH
Rare roast beef or venison

SKU: 586236-19 Category:

Description

Jack Mann Cabernet Sauvignon is a single vineyard wine from the Justin Vineyard in the Frankland River region of Western Australia. This region is characterized by cool winters, warm summer days and cool summer nights. The soils at Frankland River are degraded granite gravels that are some of the oldest in the world. The Cabernet grapes for this wine are hand harvested from a small patch of 46-year-old vines. The particular  clone of Cabernet Sauvignon is an original Houghton clone selected by Jack Mann.

VINTAGE CONDITIONS
The 2019 vintage in Frankland River was characterised by persistent cooland dry conditions leading into a later than average commencement to harvest. The Justin Vineyard produced a low yielding crop with intensity of flavour and fine, firm tannins.

About Houghton Wines

Houghton is one of Australia’s oldest wineries, dating all the way back to 1836. Houghton wines is known for its colourful history including tales of pioneer Scots, bandits, and generations of winemaking craftsmanship.

Only four years after the fledgling town of Perth was established, three British Army officers (Thomas Yule, Ninian Lowis and Richmond Houghton) purchased a prime piece of land in the Swan Valley and established Houghton.

We captured the nation’s attention in 1937 when winemaker Jack Mann created Houghton White Burgundy. Now known as White Classic, this is still one of the most popular Australian white wines today.x

AWARDS
The reason Houghton is one of Western Australia’s most awarded wineries has everything to do with the people behind the wines.

In the past three decades alone, Houghton wines have won over 250 trophies and 4,800 medals at domestic and international wine shows.

As one of Australia’s oldest and most revered wineries, Houghton has a legacy of consistent, quality winemaking and an impressive history that spans only 14 senior winemakers. Throughout its history, Houghton has received a monumental 828 Gold Medals and 285 Trophies.

 

Courtney Treacher

After earning a Bachelor of Science (Viticulture and Oenology) at Curtin University, Courtney began her career in vineyards in the Perth Hills, Swan Valley, Margaret River at Redgate Wines, and Hunter Valley at Tamburlaine Wines. Courtney joined Houghton Wines in 2004 and has since delivered 20 vintages across Houghton, Swan Valley, and Nannup. In 2020, we proudly appointed Courtney to Senior Winemaker for Houghton Wines.

Courtney enjoys leading a dynamic team and taking on the challenge of making exceptional wines of varied styles under the Houghton, Brookland Valley, Goundrey, Amberley and Moondah Brook ranges. Courtney has judged at many local and national wine shows, and she was a scholar at the prestigious Len Evans Tutorial in 2011. An experience she describes as once in a lifetime.

Courtney has a longstanding passion for winemaking, falling in love with the transformational art behind crafting grapes into wine.

When she is not enjoying a traditional Chardonnay, Riesling or Cabernet, you can find Courtney enjoying photography or travelling to exotic locations. This includes across her home state of Western Australia.

Accolade Wines Australia

Accolade Wines traces its beginning to Thomas Hardy and Sons, a company founded in 1853 which grew to become Australia's largest winemaker. The company headquarters are in Adelaide, South Australia. Accolade has more than 1700 employees around the world, with operations in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, mainland Europe, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

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