
Squawking Magpie SQM Cabernets Merlot 2016
Squawking Magpie SQM Cabernets Merlot
Region: Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Vintage: 2016
Bottle size: 75cl
Grape: 78% Cabernet Sauvignon 11% merlot 11% Cabernet Franc
ABV: 14%
Dense ripe blueberry and black cherry aromas with violets and savoury highlights of finely crushed dried herbs. Bold and powerful on the palate with layers of black fruits, ground nutmeg and cedar.
The alluvial gravel vineyard provides the ideal environment for Cabernet Sauvignon to thrive. The SQM range is only produced in years we can fully ripen the fruit to optimum quality. Using only the best french oak delivers a wine that is rich and round with wild blackberry, cassis and mocha flavours
The Squawking Magpie team hold a firm belief that great wines come from excellent grapes. The proof is certainly there to be tasted, especially when the wine maker of is someone known as 'The Red Queen'. And yes, it couldn't be anyone else other than, Jenny Dobson, one of New Zealand's leading wine makers.
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