Howard Park Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon

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Wine Description

Named for Walter Abercrombie, the much loved Great Grandfather and mentor of Jeff Burch, the owner of Howard Park Wines, this is Howard Park's finest Cabernet Sauvignon.     All grapes selected for Abercrombie are handpicked, destemmed and sorted before fermentation in a mix of small static fermenters and open stainless steel vats. The grapes are hand-plunged and pumped over as required to balance the extraction of colour, tannin and flavour. Each fermenter is basket-pressed to French oak barriques for 18 months of maturation to achieve thorough integration of oak and grape tannins. The wine is minimally fined then filtered prior to bottling.
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Acclaim
“Has class stamped all over it in big letters from start to finish. The bouquet is full of fragrant cassis fruit and high quality cedary oak, the medium-bodied, but intense, palate with perfectly balanced fruit, tannins and oak. That balance makes it easy to enjoy now, even though its ultimate destiny is way down the track.”
— James Halliday, Sep 2016
“After 20 months in 60% new French oak, the 2013 Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon is noticeably cedary and vanilla scented on the nose but that element is balanced by layers of cassis fruit on the palate. It's medium to full-bodied with bold flavors that are framed by firm tannins which have aging in mind. A bit tight and youthful even almost five years after the vintage, this wine should age glacially under screw cap and only approach maturity in five years or so.”
— Wine Advocate, Dec 2017
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
Abercrombie Vineyard
Vineyard size
38 acres
Soil composition
Gravel and Clay-Loam
Training method
VSP Cane-pruned
Elevation:
280 - 314 feet
Vines/acre:
632
Yield/acre:
1.2 - 2.0 tons
Exposure:
Northeastern
Year vineyard planted:
1975
Harvest time:
March
First vintage of this wine:
1991
Bottles produced of this wine:
9,198
Certifying Organizations:
Winemakers Federation of Australia's Entwine initiative
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Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
7 - 21
Varietal composition:
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel tanks
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
7 - 10 days
Fermentation temperature:
68 - 82 °F
Maceration technique:
Punchdown and Pumpovers
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of aging container:
Barriques and Barrels
Size of aging container:
225L and 300L
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
18 months
Age of Aging Container:
40% New, 60% Used
Length of bottle aging:
6 months
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Analytical Data
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