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Bilton Cabernet Sauvignon 2000

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Ripe, berry fruit nose with some herby tones. Good mouth feel with sweet fruit tones and juicy tannins. Smooth across the palate. Well structured and fine cedary background. Well rounded with lots of development potential.

Good food wine and great partner to wide selection of meat dishes with steak and roasts in particular.

variety : Cabernet Sauvignon [ 100% Cabernet Sauvignon ]

winery : Bilton Wines

winemaker :

wine of origin : Coastal

analysis : alc : 14.80 % vol rs : 2.3 g/l pH : 3.46 ta : 6.1 g/l

type : Red style : Dry wooded

pack : Bottle

AWARDS

Veritas 2002 - Bronze
The International Wine & Spirit Competition 2002 - Silver
International Wine Challenge 2002 - Silver
Wine Magazine April 2002 - 4 Stars

ageing : Excellent development potential over a couple of years and through five and more.

in the vineyard : Surface: 3.34 ha
Soil: Cool moist soils
Locality: Low/medium northerly slopes

about the harvest: Production: 9.5 tons per hectare

in the cellar : Bilton Cabernet Sauvignon is macerated and left for three weeks extended skin contact in order to extract it characteristic colour and structure. After 14-16 months of maturing in small French oak barrels, the wine emerge with a dark, clear ruby/garnet colour and complex structure.

Wine Produced
7500 x 750ml
40 x 1.5l Magnum
5 x 5l Rheuboams

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