{"product_id":"2016-vasse-felix-tom-cullity-cabernet-sauvignon-malbec-750ml","title":"2016 Vasse Felix Tom Cullity Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec 750ml","description":"\u003cp class=\"mb-0 show\"\u003eThis is the third most highly rated Margaret River wine (based on critic scores).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mb-0 note1 show\"\u003eCritic tasting note: (2016 vintage) \"A dry and warm spring set good fruit and better yields than in the preceding vintage. Warm conditions with some helpful rainfall in January led to a long finish to the season. 78% Cab with 20% Malbec and 2% Petit Verdot, it spent 19 months in French oak, 80% new. Lots of mint and eucalypt here, chocolate too and refined cassis. Also plenty of ozoney freshness, leafy fennel and liquorice. The palate has great concentration and balance, again it is a wine with great drive and focus because of those taut, fine tannins and dry cherry-pit bite of the acid, but this does have the ripeness of fruit too, plump blackcurrants and brambles, just a background of quite exotic, incense-like spice.\" -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTom Cannavan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mb-0 mt-3 productDesc paragraph-2 collapse show\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVasse Felix, Margaret River’s founding wine estate, was established by Dr Thomas Brendan Cullity in 1967. Among his first plantings were Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec vines, from which he produced the estate’s first red wine. The Tom Cullity descends from these original vines and represents the purest expression of our history, place and vintage; the pinnacle of Vasse Felix.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mb-0 mt-3 productDesc paragraph-2 collapse show\"\u003eDrinking Window: \u003cspan\u003e2021-2046\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mb-0 mt-3 productDesc paragraph-2 collapse show\"\u003eWinemaking\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"js-content\"\u003eThe small sections of Tom’s old blocks were hand-harvested and destemmed only, without crushing, and then fermented with their natural yeast. The Cabernet parcels were static fermented, gently pumped over through a splash tub, and then left on skins for up to 33 days to stabilise and make structurally sound in an exceptional ripening year with quality tannins. The Petit Verdot, Malbec and some Cabernet Sauvignon were open fermented, hand-plunged and pressed dry. All basket pressed only.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"js-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"js-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"js-content\"\u003eAgeing\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-more-line js-content\"\u003eFrench Oak Barrique 59% new, 41% 2-4 year old 18 months.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vic Liquors Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52736126583147,"sku":"SK81355786","price":199.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0956\/5483\/8635\/files\/2016_Vasse_Felix_Tom_Cullity_Cabernet_Sauvignon_Malbec_750ml_808fba5d-1d31-4f25-b296-ee209528dc52.jpg?v=1767587468","url":"https:\/\/kingsburycellars.com.au\/products\/2016-vasse-felix-tom-cullity-cabernet-sauvignon-malbec-750ml","provider":"Kingsbury Cellars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}