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Chris Hill Unearthed Cabernet Merlot 2017 (12 x 750mL) Hunter Valley, NSW

Description:

This popular blend captures the strength and tannic grip of Valley floor Cabernet with smooth, ripe Merlot. With over 4 years cellar maturation before bottling, this wine has classic “old world” characters with full flavoured dark berry fruit and smooth cedary complexity. This wine reminds me of long summer evenings with succulent rack of lamb and a hamper of crusty bread and cheeses.

Chris Hill Unearthed Cabernet Merlot 201

  1. Chris Hill Unearthed Cabernet Merlot 2017 (12 x 750mL) Hunter Valley, NSW

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This popular blend captures the strength and tannic grip of Valley floor Cabernet with smooth, ripe Merlot. With over 4 years cellar maturation before bottling, this wine has classic “old world” characters with full flavoured dark berry fruit and smooth cedary complexity. This wine reminds me of long summer evenings with succulent rack of lamb and a hamper of crusty bread and cheeses.

Region:
NSW - Hunter Valley
State:
New South Wales
Country:
Australia

Winery Tasting Notes

Notes Image

Colour

The appearance is dark cherry red with hints of mahogany on the edge indicating it’s maturity.

Aroma

The bouquet has subtle berry fruit intensity with earthy herbs and spice. There are layers of complexity developed through the cellaring process and it still retains a vibrant, sweet alcohol lift.

Palate

The palate is rich and dense with solid dry tannins and firm acidity. There’s strong berry fruit, savoury black olives and long lingering finish. It has great depth and nice oak complexity. This wine has been unfiltered to maximise the flavour from all the subtle components allowing them to integrate and soften in the traditional “old world” style.

Food Matching

For me this wine takes me back to long summer evenings with spicy crusted rack of lamb on the barbeque, grilled haloumi, fresh garden salad and crusty bread

Cellaring Potential

This wine has been aged in the cellar to be enjoyable drinking now. It will comfortably cellar for another 5 – 8 years.

Winery Profile

My first winemaking experience was harvesting grapes in the Barossa Valley during vintage 1981. Long hot days were spent hand picking bunches of sweet, sticky Riesling, Shiraz, Cabernet, Grenache and a host of other nearly forgotten varieties. At the end of each day after the last bins were tipped into the crusher, we’d meet at the weighbridge with Peter Lehmann for a bottomless glass of robust Shiraz and an inspired conversation about the new wines and vintage developments.

After three decades my day still ends with a nice glass or two of Shiraz or maybe Chardonnay but a lot has changed over that time. From a humble cellar hand plunging skins in open concrete fermenters during the 1980’s, to debating the appropriate cooperage for Hunter Shiraz with Len Evans in the 1990’s to the corporate boardrooms of giant multinationals in the 2000’s, I’m now back to making wine as an independent negociant.

Based in the heart of McLaren Vale, I’m surrounded by wonderful old vineyards and dozens of modern wineries run by talented winemakers. The joy of being a negociant winemaker is the flexibility to be able to source grapes and make wine anywhere throughout Australia. The benefit is an unlimited resource of varieties, regions, styles and skills to craft individual batches of unique wines without constraints.

My goal is to create genuine, honest wines that showcase flavour, vitality and life. Good wine should be accessible to all and be enjoyed as part of a healthy, active lifestyle with fine food, close friends and plenty of fun. I have many favourites but I believe variety is the spice of life and I enjoy discovering new flavours and stretching the boundaries of traditional winemaking.

From an old favourite to something exotic, tantalizing and new, I hope you enjoy the journey through my selection of classic Australian wines.

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Other Information

  • 2017 vintage
  • 12 x 750mL units
  • NSW - Hunter Valley, New South Wales
  • Screwcap closure
  • 14.2% alc.

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