WINEMAKER'S NOTES:
In the glass, this RedHeads Catbird Seat Cabernet Sauvignon is dark red with aromas of blackberries, blackcurrants and plums on the nose. Dark chocolate, tobacco and vanilla. On the palate this is a firm wine with powerful, earthy tannins that suit Coonawarra.
TASTING NOTES:
This is a crackling Cabernet from RedHeads, a leading eco-friendly boutique winery in Oz. The winery was started in 2002 in the McLaren Cale - a cellar where young winemakers could come in their spare time and make just the sort of small scale wine they dreamed of. Since then, the wineryhas put down real roots in the Barossa, very nearly 100% off grid, thanks to its solar panels, and nearly self sufficient on recycled water. There, surrounded by mmany major Aussie producers, they rescue small parcels of terrific grapes and make showstopping wines. Catbird Seat is a standout - all the grapes from Jack Burston's cracking Coonawarra vineyard. RedHeads bagged them and has done him proud. Aged a year in French oak, it's a big, bold red.
