Giaconda Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

Giaconda Cabernet Sauvignon 2002Giaconda, founded in 1982 by Rick Kinzbrunner, is one of the countrys great wine producers. The star of the show may be the chardonnay, but their other varietal wines are also great in their own right. As a result of a replanting programme and grafting of some older vines to Shiraz; the 2012 vintage was, sadly, the last release of the estate grown Cabernet Sauvignon. "No shortage of complexity here. In the mouth medium to full bodied with a flood of

The following text is taken from an interview with Chef de Cave

As if to contrast and simply make a point

Due to the close proximity to the South Pacific Ocean

there is nothing fragile here

It’s the best fucking wine I’ve ever made

It was named after the Cornish gold miners who lived there and was abandoned in the late 19th century then planted as an apricot orchard in the mid 20th century

We are about 70% Pinot Noir

and it now includes plantings of mourvèdre

on the hill slopes of the Southern Valleys (refer to the map below)

"From a hot and dry growing season

And it will get better

The flavours fly through the mouth and yet there's more than enough weight/substance