Balnaves The Tally Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Balnaves The Tally Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 

Region: Coonawarra, Australia

Vintage: 2014

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon

ABV: 14.5%

Deep rich red in colour, the nose is perfumed with perfectly ripened dark blackberry, mulberry and cassis fruit, and fine vanilla and coffee bean imparted by the French oak. The palate is rich with fleshy cassis and blackberry fruit. The finish is long and textured with fine, grainy grape tannins. This wine is complex and tightly structured and made to cellar with confidence.

Balnaves' 35 hectares of Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards are split up into sub blocks (some just one hectare each), on the basis of soil, clone variation, trellis type etc. This enables Balnaves to tailor specific viticultural techniques to each of these smaller areas ensuring the correct support is provided to each vine. At least one third of the vineyard has been dry farmed for the last five years with the rest only receiving irrigation at critical growth stages. Fruit for ‘The Tally’ was sourced from the Dead Morris vineyard.

The Balnaves family vineyard is situated at the southern end of the famous Coonawarra Terra Rossa strip. Planted in 1975, the vineyard is now 58 hectares in size (70% of which is planted with Cabernet Sauvignon) and has been in the family for three generations. Doug, together with his son Pete and daughter Kirsty, runs the Balnaves vineyard while managing another 300 hectares for other growers in the heart of Coonawarra.

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