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Heartland - Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
- Producer Heartland Wines
- Blend 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
- Country Australia
- Region South Australia
- Appellation Langhorne Creek
- UPC 9331276110058
Vintage
2013 is a gentle year that has yielded wines of great potential. The growing period presented a minor frost event in September and a cool early flowering period. Reduced and variable fruit set in early flowering blocks impacted yields particularly for Cabernet Sauvignon. Overall yields were 5% down on the already reduced 2012 vintage. However, the ripening season has yielded Cabernet of exceptional quality.
Estate
Owner and winemaker Ben Glaetzer's work in Langhorne Creek is one of the most exciting stories in Australia today. Heartland Wines came out of a lunch in 1999 between Ben and three friends, and a fear that rather than expressing the diversity of sites and rich history of the country, Australian wines were heading in a generic, commercial direction. Ben had grown excited at older, high quality vineyards he had seen in the cool-climate Langhorne Creek area, Australia's oldest settled wine region, one hour south of Adelaide and southeast of McLaren Vale. The Heartland Wines from Langhorne Creek display the originality and appeal of the area's regional and varietal characteristics – they are food-friendly, balanced wines offering tremendous value.
Vinification
The fruit was crushed into 10 ton open fermenters, left on skins to cold macerate for 3 days prior to fermentation. Fermentation occurred at or under 78 degrees Fahrenheit with Rhône isolate yeast. This helped to extract the skin tannin while remaining aromatics. The wine underwent its malolactic
transformation in oak, was then racked and returned to French and American oak for a 12 month maturation.
Wine
This is one of Australia’s most ideal climates for growing Cabernet Sauvignon and has the oldest recorded Cabernet vines in the world.
