1999 Vasse Felix Heytesbury Magnum Winery: Vasse Felix Vintage: 1999 Region: Margaret River Bottle Size: 1500ml Variety: Red Blend Price: $220.00 (out of stock)

Grape Varieties 89% Cabernet Sauvignon 9% Shiraz 1.6%Merlot 0.4% Malbec Introduction Heytesbury Cabernet is the highest selection of fruit and wine from the Vasse Felix cellars. First produced in 1995, it has received 9 trophy's and 17 gold medals at national and international wine competitions. 1999 vintage can be rated as the best red vintage of the decade for Margaret River ~ a warm summer followed cool rain then finishing with a short hot period to fully ripen the cabernet sauvignon. Some free run juice was drained off before fermentation in rotofermenters at 18-25*C. The wine was aged for 18 months in new French and American barriques before final blending. The aim of the style is to produce the best possible wine by highlighting the characters of the fruit and maintaining a balance and intensity of flavour that befits a great wine. This wine has a ageing ability of 20+ years, given good cellaring. The old vines at Vasse Felix provided the frit for 85% of this blend. Winemakers Comments The wine is a deep red with purple hues. The aroma has a dense complexity that will open up with age. Hints of orange chocolate, cassis, cedar, juniper berry and cloves. The palate is rich, long and well balanced. Ripe plum and chocolate/coffee flavors fill the mouth. Technical Data Winemakers Clvie Otto and Will Shields Harvested March - April 1999 Wood French and American Oak Botled November 2000 Alcohol 15.2% Total Acid 6.8g/l pH 3.54 Residual Sugar 0.3g/l