This 'Winemakers Collection' includes the very best parcels of fruit, carefully selected & crafted into exceptional wines
Ripe blackberry, blackcurrant and plum flavours are supported by complex spicy oak from extended barrel aging
Pairing beautifully with New Zealand's finest grass fed lamb and beef
Crossroads Winemakers Collection Hawkes Bay Cabernet Merlot 2013
Crossroads Winemakers Collection Hawkes Bay Cabernet Merlot 2013
Accolades
Awarded Pure Elite Gold Medal
Air New Zealand Wine Awards, 2016
Awarded Gold Medal
Sydney International Wine Competition 2017
Awarded 5 Stars
Michael Cooper 2016
Description
Ripe blackberry, blackcurrant and plum flavours are supported by complex spicy oak from extended barrel aging. The palate is rich and supple with smooth tannins and a long finish.
For over 20 years, Crossroads has represented the very best of small parcel Hawke’s Bay winemaking. The 'Winemakers Collection' includes the very best parcels of fruit, carefully selected & crafted with passion into the most exceptional wines Hawke’s Bay has to offer.
The Cabernet Suavigon parcel for this wine were hand harvested from Mere vineyard, whilst a small parcel of Merlot was sourced from the Kereru vineyard in Mangatahi, Hawke’s Bay. Kereru is a warm free draining site with naturally balanced vines. Early crop regulation to one bunch per shoot, with 100% leaf removal in the fruit zone, ensured even ripeness of fruit in both vineyards. The 2013 vintage was outstanding for red wine in Hawke’s Bay due to its dry temperate growing season followed by a beautiful warm late autumn.
Post harvest grapes were de- stemmed and placed directly into a small open top fermenter where the cap was gently plunged. After extended post ferment maceration the wine was run to barriques where it underwent malolactic fermentation. After racking, the wine was aged Aged for 14 months in French barriques (72% new).
Food pairing: New Zealand grass fed lamb and beef
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