Dowie Doole DD CSM 17 Spirit

Dowie Doole DD CSM 17 SpiritThe DOWIE DOOLE C. S. M. is a quintessential Australian red blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, and Merlot. This wine is a blend of fruit from the two terroirs of DOWIE DOOLE; the sandy slopes of Blewitt Springs and the ancient rocks of Tatachilla. Where each variety is used for their particular strengths; Cabernet Sauvignon offering a perfume of eucalypt and blackcurrant as well as a long tannin line to the palate. Shiraz giving aromatic red fruit

Il cattivo recommends drinking with liberal lashings of aperol

we have intentionally given ours time in bottle before release

The Barossa Valley fruit gives the wine lovely rich dark black fruits…but the delicious savoury tannins of Cabernet Sauvignon still shine through

with a white pepper and spice lift

blackberry

slightly flinty wet river slate on the finish

still cloudy

bright fruit and and honey notes with an elegant balance of acidity that glides through mid-palate fruit sweetness

And if Shiraz is the big

with hints of tropical fruit

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Firm tannins and a fresh natural acidity