Howard Park Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon

Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon bottle image

Wine Description

Named for Walter Abercrombie, the much loved Great Grandfather and mentor of Jeff Burch, the owner of Howard Park Wines, this is Howard Park's finest Cabernet Sauvignon.     All grapes selected for Abercrombie are handpicked, destemmed and sorted before fermentation in a mix of small static fermenters and open stainless steel vats. The grapes are hand-plunged and pumped over as required to balance the extraction of colour, tannin and flavour. Each fermenter is basket-pressed to French oak barriques for 18 months of maturation to achieve thorough integration of oak and grape tannins. The wine is minimally fined then filtered prior to bottling.
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Acclaim
A stylish and polished top-tier cabernet that has convincingly concentrated fruit, neatly curated oak and well-groomed tannins. Rich dark berry fruit aromas abound here; there's cassis and dark cherry, blueberry too, plus plenty of cedary oak nicely judged against intense fruit. The palate has silky fine tannin appeal. There's a smooth ball of fleshy dark cherry and cassis-flavored cabernet fruit, concentrated and balanced. Best from 2020 and for a decade or more longer. Screw cap.
— James Suckling, Feb 2016
“A blend of Mount Barker and Margaret River fruit, this is lavishly oaked, chocolaty and rich, as decadent a bottle of Cabernet you’ll find in Australia. Baking spices accent mocha and cassis in this full-bodied wine, which features a velvety texture and long finish.”
— Wine Enthusiast, Feb 2017
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
Abercrombie Vineyard
Vineyard size
38 acres
Soil composition
Gravel and Clay-Loam
Training method
VSP Cane-pruned
Elevation:
280 - 314 feet
Vines/acre:
632
Yield/acre:
1.2 - 2.0 tons
Exposure:
Northeastern
Year vineyard planted:
1975
Harvest time:
March
First vintage of this wine:
1991
Bottles produced of this wine:
9,198
Certifying Organizations:
Winemakers Federation of Australia's Entwine initiative
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Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
7 - 21
Varietal composition:
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel tanks
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
7 - 10 days
Fermentation temperature:
68 - 82 °F
Maceration technique:
Punchdown and Pumpovers
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of aging container:
Barriques and Barrels
Size of aging container:
225L and 300L
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
18 months
Age of Aging Container:
40% New, 60% Used
Length of bottle aging:
6 months
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.5
Acidity:
6.5 g/L
Alcohol:
14.3 %