Brothers at War I'm Always Right Eden Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Award-winning 5 Star Halliday winery in the Eden Valley, Barossa

• Grape: Cabernet 
• Region: Eden Valley, Barossa
• Aroma: A varietal complex nose of violets, black currents and plums.
• Palate: On the palate pronounced black cherries, mulberries and star anise. A complex wine that is well rounded and finishes with silky, lingering tannins.
  
• Winemaking: The Single vineyard Cabernet was destemmed and crushed into small one tonne open top fermenters allowing for maximum control over the fermentation period. The fruit was then held at 10-15 degrees for four days before allowing to warm naturally and start fermentation. After 15 days on skins the wines were pressed to 20% new, 80% seasoned French oak Hogsheads where they matured for 12 months. No fining or filtration was used on these wines.

About the winemaker

One of South Australia's rising stars, the buzz around the wines made by brothers Sam and Angus Wardlaw has been building rapidly since the project's inception in 2013 with a single tonne of grapes. This culminated recently with the award for 'Best Grenache of the Year' and a 99 point review in the 2021 Halliday guide. Home territory is Eden Valley's cool climate, organic, Pendee Farm. However, beyond the farm the brothers have access to remarkable plots of old vines in of some of the Barossa's most iconic sites. Everything is about the vines - the brothers love the old, gnarly, water starved plants rooted in place in these legendary vineyards, and even more so the characterful fruit they painstakingly provide each year. Stylistically the wines are distinctly 'Barossa' in their power but with an elegance and purity that can only be achieved by using the very best old vine Eden Valley fruit, handled without heavy handed extraction techniques or too much wine making.