Linnaea Vineyards 2017 Arlequin Cabernet Sauvignon (6 Bottles) Heathcote

by Fine Wine Cellars

$213.00 GST Included

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED

The ‘Arlecchino’ or Harlequin was a cheeky, but loyal performer in ancient royal courts, an audience favourite and a driver of action, often with the ear of the royals to sew meaningful change.

2017 saw our Cabernet clones settling into a rhythm in the vineyard, after many years of reconditioning these vines to our demanding deficit-irrigation and low-impact farming strategies. Open canopy and near-dry-farmed, we continued to reduce and eliminate pesticide use in the transition to eco-friendly farming and native ecosystem restorations inside the vineyard.

Sourced from 2 ancient clones of Cabernet. The bulk is the Reynella clone which is alleged to have come from South Africa with the First Fleet, visiting The Rocks, Parramatta, Port Arthur, Henty and Reynella before alighting in Heathcote, with a smaller dosing of the Mt Ida clone, a local curiosity with some signs of a bit of somatic diversity in the vineyard. Two cheeky but loyal clones that perform well every year just like the Arlecchino, forging a unique and pleasing style of Cabernet.

Fermented and macerated on skins from whole berry and left to play on lees in mostly-neutral barriques for over a year. Bottled unfined, unfiltered and full of fun.”

100% Cabernet Sauvignon.

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About Linnaea Vineyards

Linnaea, led by Daniel Fischl and Michelle Edwards, is becoming a flag-flier for sustainable vineyard practice, across every vineyard they touch globally. The wines are made with a meticulous, reductive approach, and a blend of tradition and thoughtful intuition. They produce wines from their home base in Heathcote, as well as a selection from Italy.

The Winemakers
Michelle Edwards grew up in Washington state and moved to Melbourne in 2010. After completing university degrees in Anthropology, Oenology and Viticulture, she made wines in Napa and Sonoma Valley, Washington State, Australia and Italy. She lives with her husband (Dan), three children and dogs above her urban winery and enjoys all things fermented, dancing, parenting (sometimes), native Australian bees, indigenous Australian plants and foods, and tardigrades.

Dan Fischl is an agricultural scientist and technical vineyard specialist working globally in a few fancy and forward-thinking vineyards in countries as diverse as Australia, the USA, Israel, Mexico, China & Italy. PhD-trained in all things plant biochemistry and way-too-specifically the genomics of ripening in grapevines, his real passion is biological systems and restoring ecological balance to vineyard lands. Dan loves to chase after his three kids, fishing, cooking, Queen (the band, not the actual queen) and innovating algorithms for water conservation in vineyards.

Fine Wine Cellars

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