Mild wood influence sets off a highly complex nose comprised of fresh red currant and blue pinot fruit aromas that are liberally laced with warm earth and a sauvage hint that carries over to the relatively refined and supple yet entirely serious
pure and effortlessly stylish mouth feel
delicious and attractively clean finale
(from a full 1 ha parcel of 40+ year old vines aged in approximately 1/3 new oak with a slightly longer élevage than the prior wines)
The 2006 Le Desir
Diamond Creek, Red Rock Terrace Size:6x750ml Mild wood influence sets offThe 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Rock Terrace comes from seven acres of the 20 acre vineyard (whereas the Gravelly Meadow emerges from five acres). The terroir is iron rich, red, rocky soil in contrast to the light, gravelly, ashy soils of the Gravelly Meadow. Super intense, rich, more backward and powerful than the Gravelly Meadow, this dense purple wine offers up notes of beef blood, crme de cassis, blackberry, licorice and earth. Full bodied,