2004 Pin Pin Cabernet Sauvignon

Garnet in colour

Black and red fruits over laying dark chocolate, cedar and earth with a hint of spice.

Sweet rich and ripe fruit that extends from start to finish. Good mouth feel with underlying refined chary and coffee bean characters. A well structure wine that has a long finish with firm fine grained tannins.

Best decanted 2 – 4 hours before drinking.

Drink now or cellar up to 10 – 15 years.

2003 Pin Pin Cabernet Sauvignon

Bright red

Plum and raspberry with a sweet vanilla cake like nose. Hints of chary oak, tobacco, dark chocolate and earth.

Fleshy round fruit intertwined with a very subtle savoury character. Good weight and mouth feel. A structured wine that moves to a more cedary coffee bean flavour on the long finish.

Best decanted 2 – 4 hours before drinking.

Drink now or cellar for up to 10 years.

2002 Pin Pin Cabernet Sauvignon

The new release 02’ Pin Pin Cabernet Sauvignon by winemaker Ian Bell originates from Willyabrup, the Cabernet growing heart of the Margaret River Wine Region.This wine has a fresh nose and a rich primary fruit palate with seamlessly integrated fine grain tannins. It is a vibrant generous wine whose fruit will continue with time exhibit the depth and length enjoyed by older high profile Willyabrup Cabernets.

The fruit grown at Willyabrup Estate, a north facing vineyard with gravely loam over yellow blue mottled clay. Planted in 1994 by industry identity Ellis Butcher who also helped develop the iconic Cullen and Pierro vineyards, it enjoys warm days and cooling sea breezes. The vines produce around 2 kilos of fruit per vine due to careful hand tending. Ian Bell’s expectation is that this vineyard will produce truly and exciting and quality fruit with age, making the Pin Pin Cabernet a wine worth tracking.

The winemaking method Ian has used for Pin Pin is similar to that used at Moss Wood. It has hand plunged and only pressed when the fruit becomes obvious and the tannins have begun to soften. The wine spends 16 months in 25% new French oak and nine months in the bottle.

Pin Pin takes its name from an old French term for wine subjected to extended skin contact. The name is intended to help position the wine as approachable, contemporary and somewhat worldly. It retails for the around $20 range, which means it has been priced to compete with all in its bracket.

The wine is ready to drink, but will continue to improve for several years. At this point it will make an excellent pour at restaurants, being a suitable match for your favourite lamb,game or garlicky pesto pasta. (Click here to download the PDF.)