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Timo Mayer Cabernet Sauvignon 2025
$54.00
Cabernet from a north-facing slope on Hans and Anna Orth’s vineyard in Coldstream. 100% whole bunches, matured in hogsheads (20% new). A medium, bright crimson. Ultra cool fruited and fragrant. Aromas of just-picked cherries and blackcurrant leaf together with a hint of cedar lead onto the medium-bodied, approachable, generous and quite delicious palate. Like pretty much all of Timo’s wines, this is ready to enjoy from the get-go but will still be looking good in the medium term. 95 Points – Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion
Producer Profile
Bicknell FC is the label of Nicky Harris and David Bicknell, chief winemaker at Oakridge. David Bicknell is one of Australia’s greatest winemakers and we have had many a superb cellared bottle contest between Oakridge and Bicknell FC.
All the fruit is from a close planted vineyard at Gladysdale, planted in 1988. This is an exceptionally cool site, perfect for making fresh, intense and vivid wines.You could not have hoped for a better spot in the Upper Yarra. The site has great diurnal range, warm days and cool nights, and despite the elevation is able to consistently produce full flavoured and fleshy wines due to its rich volcanic soil. Tiny quantities only, with 1.Ha of Chardonnay and 1.5ha of Pinot Noir, with a few hundred dozen made in any given vintage.
Winemaking is simple and classic. Wild unhurried cool ferments, absolutely no additions apart from small quantities of sulphur, ageing in used wood and for the reds, minimal punchdowns. Casks are rigorously topped up and the maturing process is kept short, retaining freshness and a certain structural angularity so well suited to Yarra Valley Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
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