Limb Single Vineyard Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
- ★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.24 out of 5 stars.
- INTERNATIONAL MULTI AWARD WINNER
- EQUAL RATED WITH 97 POINT CAB SAUV VALUED AT $72 A BTL
- SAVE $216 A DOZEN
- HANDCRAFTED BY WINEMAKING LEGEND IVAN LIMB
- SINGLE VINEYARD BAROSSA VALLEY CAB SAUV
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Vintage: | 2011 |
Source/Region: | Barossa Valley, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Cabernet Sauvignon |
Cellaring: | Drink now and can cellar for 8-10 years |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 14.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.60 |
Rating: | 0 |
Intense black and red berry fruit flavours with obvious characters of this vintage being blackberries plums and dark chocolate whilst there are more refined touches of both mint and oak coming through from the twelve months in small oak the wine has had. The extended time in barrel and use of different aged oak allowed this flavour to infiltrate the wine without overpowering it and to run seamlessly into the natural tannin structure of the wine.
The grapes used for this wine were sourced from one of my favourite vineyard blocks which is usually fully contracted out but I made a special effort in 2011 to keep some for my own use. Picking started in March 2011 when I felt the colour and Baume levels were at an optimum, then the grapes were gently crushed and fermented in my small capacity open top fermenters for 7 days with hand plunging twice daily.
The wine was then pressed and drained off into new and old French and American hogshead's for 12 months prior to bottling. This wine encapsulates Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon the way it should be, an honest reflection of the vineyard where it was grown.
Limb Single Vineyard Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 won an award at the DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS in 2013 along with…
Houghton Gladstones Cabernet 2010 (97 Pts J.H. $72)
Heydon W.G. Grace Cabernet 2007 (96 Pts J.H. $48)
Taylors St Andrews Cabernet 2010 (94 Pts J.H. $60)
Fraser Gallop Parterre Cabernet 2011 (94 Pts J.H. $40)
Windows Basket Pressed Cabernet 2011 (93 Pts J.H. $35)
At CONCOURS MONDIAL in 2013 Limb Single Vineyard Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 made a name for itself against wines such as…
William Randell Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 (94 Pts J.H. $60)
Taylors St Andrews Cab Sauv 2009 (92 Pts J.H. $60)
Fox Creek Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 ($53)
Award Winner
Decanter World Wine Awards 2013
Concours Mondial 2013
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