2017 d'Arenberg 'The Coppermine Road' Cabernet Sauvignon McLaren Vale

Coppermine Road runs parallel to d'Arenberg's very best Cabernet vineyard in McLaren Vale, just meters from the winery, cellar door, and restaurant. Planted to an almost extinct clone, this vineyard rarely yields greater than one ton to the acre. Year after year the Coppermine Road Cabernet is one of the best value Cabernets in all of Australia. 

Since 1912 the Osborn family have tended vineyards in McLaren Vale, South Australia. Today fourth-generation family member, Chester, makes distinctive wines using traditional methods both in the vineyard and the winery. Every vineyard has a personality Chester encourage to flourish with minimal intervention in the vineyard and winery. Through time-honored techniques such as open fermentation, foot treading, and basket pressing, this personality is allowed to shine! Harmony between environmental sustainability and wine industry practice is a strong commitment upheld at d'Arenberg, with the aim to pass on a sustainable business to the next generation!

Tasting Notes: Allow a few minutes in glass for the full array of aromas to evolve. Over the course of this period, your sense of smell will be led from savory, cedar, cigar box, sage, oregano, and ferrous notes eventually through to lifted violets, blackcurrant, boysenberry, mulberry, mint, and citrus peel. The palate will similarly start out reasonably tight but will open generously, presenting opulent fruit on the attack, matched with a medium-bodied mid-palate and complemented and drawn out through ripples of fine, chalky tannins.