2004 High Eden Cabernet Sauvignon

The foundation for this wine was laid in the winter of 2003, with good rains giving the vines an ideal start to the growing season. Relatively mild weather leading up to the 2004 vintage offset the early summer heat stress, leaving us with healthy vines and, although relatively small, a crop of full-flavoured, perfectly ripened fruit.

The 2004 High Eden Cabernet Sauvignon displays rich, full-bodied fruit flavours of cassis and dark cherries, layered with tobacco and leafy overtones. The result is an enticing, premium single-vineyard varietal Cabernet, which exemplifies the best in cool-climate red winemaking.

Made entirely from fruit from our 30-year-old High Eden vineyard, Eden Springs High Eden Cabernet will only ever be available in small quantities. Like those before it, however, the 2004 vintage is a wine to savour and enjoy, and a little goes a long way in terms of flavour.

Drink now with lamb shanks and mash, or a genuine Italian wood-oven pizza, or cellar carefully for a year or two and enjoy as it develops further.

Bronze Medal - 2006 Winewise Small Vigneron Awards, Class 45

	2005 High Eden Cabernet Sauvignon

Vintage 2005 was both late and short at Eden Springs, commencing in mid-April and finishing on May 9. While hectic, it ended on a high note, with all our red wine grapes safely harvested before the first autumn rains. The fine, if cool, weather leading up to vintage allowed a long, slow ripening for all varieties on the High Eden slopes, and saw the development of intense colour and flavours in the red wine grapes.

The resulting 2005 High Eden Cabernet Sauvignon is classic Eden Valley in style – an elegant, medium-bodied wine with a soft but round, silky palate. Rich Cabernet fruit and a fresh cherry bouquet sit above more complex oak and chocolate flavours, all layered with fine tannins.

Like all Eden Springs wines, the 2005 High Eden Cabernet Sauvignon is a premium, single-vineyard varietal, estate-grown and hand-picked in our High Eden vineyard. As such, it continues to be a wine where quality, rather than quantity, is at the core of its production and only 300 cases are available.

Matured in oak for two years prior to release, this beautifully balanced wine is one to enjoy both now and well into the future. For an ideal match, try spicy Spanish chorizo, semi-dried olives or a gutsy, earthy goat’s cheese.

2005 High Eden Cabernet Sauvignon - $18.90 per bottle/$226.80 per dozen.