Plantagenet Three Lions Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 (6 Bottles) Great Southern
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86% Cabernet, 14% Merlot.
Maroon hue, accompanied by the sweet red-berried fruit and the pleasant herbaceous tobacco leaf character. A hint of oak-derived toffy adds a delightful touch. On the palate, the red fruits shine through, layered with a tannin profile. The 14% Merlot addition smoothes the tannins, offering a luxurious mouthfeel.
Cellar for up to 8 years.
Enjoy with a mixed grill share plate at your favourite gastro pub.
92 points – “The Cabernet from this very early vintage had plenty of punch and it’s been captured beautifully in this generous medium-weight wine from the Great Southern. Ripe blackcurrant and tobacco leaf aromas with lifted bright cherry and red currant notes. Neatly integrated palate with supple tannins and fine-grained oak. Traces of coffee grinds and dark chocolate with even a hint of orange rind completes an excellent value quality Cabernet.” – Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
92 points – “It’s attractively lifted on the nose, showing dark berry, dried herb, floral and nutmeg aromas. The palate displays juicy fruit intensity together with rounded mouthfeel and beautifully-pitched acidity, finishing lingering and pleasingly dry.” – Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Vintage 2020
Region Great Southern
Type Red
Variety Cabernet Sauvignon
Description
About Plantagenet Wines
Plantagenet’s vineyard estate has been carved out of the regions distinctive Marri Soils named after the massive native Marri, or Red Gum trees that grow here. The soils are ironstone gravelly sandy loams over a base of clay or ironstone rock. The vineyard block sites were selected where good water drainage allows control over vine vigour, one of the most important determinants of fruit quality.
Irrigation is used infrequently and only to supplement natural rainfall events forcing the vine roots deep into the subsoil and building natural resilience within the vine. The combination of soils, landforms and climate – or terroir – creates wines of rare distinction and quality.
High quality blocks from these vineyards are well known to the winemaking team and special care and attention is given throughout the growing season to those that historically make the “Wyjup Collection” and Plantagenet Estate wines.
Plantagenet is a pioneer of the Great Southern region of Western Australia with vineyards first planted in 1968 and the first commercial winery established in the region in 1975.
Celebrated for its rich heritage the winery is owned by vignerons Tom & Jo Wisdom. Tom Wisdom is a descendent of Lionel Samson, who established the 2nd oldest family business in Australia, Lionel Samson & Son, who owned Plantagenet Wines between 1992 and 2021 before it changed hands to the current ownership.
Plantagenet has three estate vineyards in the Mount Barker sub region each with unique characteristics, ancient soils and a cool maritime climate creating expressive wines of provenance, quality and prestige.
A consistent Five Star winery rating in the Halliday Wine Companion.
