Cookoothama Cabernet Merlot rum Layers of flavour build across

Layers of flavour build across the medium bodied palate reflecting not only the fruit but the use of wild fermentation and ageing on yeast lees

A classic dry style gin made with Italian juniper and five other botanicals and blended with Italy’s purest source of mineral water – from the nearby Monviso mountain spring

lasting finish

The wine has a total maturation in oak for 18 months

A defined wine showing the richness and concentration of the 2018 vintage

Cookoothama Cabernet Merlot rum Layers of flavour build acrossThe Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot for this wine are sourced from premium vineyards in the Riverina located in regional New South Wales. The fruit was harvested in the cool of the night and delivered in small batches to the winery. The grapes were destemmed, chilled and cold mascerrated for 48 hours ahead of yeasting and pumped over in traditional style. The wine was then transferred to a combination of new, one and two year old French and American Oak