L.A.S Vino Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 (Margaret River)

A wine that has taken ten years of thought and a tireless search for the right vineyard. A wine that expresses the essence and beauty of Margaret River while providing something new to the landscape. We wanted to create a truly unique Cabernet or nothing at all. Working with a distinctive vineyard from Yallingup. A certified organic and biodynamic site at the northern end of the cape. The vineyard is left to its own devices, unkept and unpruned with no trellising. The vines sprawl everywhere; as pigs, geese, guineafowl and cows roam free. The site faces north with a little creek running through the middle of the vineyard. Native flowers and plants grow under the rows with no herbicides or pesticides sprayed. It is one of the only certified biodynamic vineyards in the region.

The fruit was hand picked and cooled, followed by bunch and berry sorting by hand. This led to to an almost black caviar appearance of fruit in the fermenters. The fruit was naturally fermented as whole berries in large format barriques for 30 days. Plunged by hand and left to ferment at ambient cellar temperature prior to pressings direct to same barrels in which it fermented. Matured in large format barrels with a small proportion (10%) of the wine being left on skins for 12 months for depth and favour. The wine was then settled naturally in tank for three months prior to bottling with no fining and a light filtration.