Thirsty Dog - Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
The marriage of the terra rossa soils of Coonawarra with the Cabernet Sauvignon grape variety has produced some of Australia's greatest and longest living wines. Quite simply, if you're going to produce Cabernet Sauvignon in this country, Coonawarra is one of maybe two regions you'd chose to do it in.
Coonawarra Cabernet is rich in flavour, but with a level of elegance and complexity that makes it one of Australia's signature wines.
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Production Notes:
Coonawarra fruit for the Thirsty Dog is sourced from a mature vineyard located in the terra rossa strip between the townships of Coonawarra and Penola.
Grapes were picked at optimum flavour ripeness and after fermentation, the wine was aged in a combination of French and American oak barriques and hogsheads of varying age for a period of approximately 18 months.
The growing season in 2006 was extended by a cool patch mid way through vintage, resulting in Cabernet Sauvignon with flavour ripeness and healthy levels of natural acidity.
In order to retain the structure and flavour of the wine, Thirsty Dog was bottled with minimal filtration.
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