Mollydooker The Maitre D’ Cabernet Sauvignon

Marquis fruit weight is the percentage of your palate (from the tip of your tongue going all the way back) that’s covered by the velvety sensation of fruit before you experience any of the structural components of the wine.. Vintage report 2016 was mollydooker’s biggest vintage to date with a total 1437 tonne of grapes crushed and into barrel. Budburst was a week later than usual but veraison and harvesting were generally right on cue despite several heat spikes (up to 42c/107f) early in the season. To handle the extra fruit we decided to increase our fermentation capacity in the winery this meant that a lot of work needed to be completed before the fruit arrived. Much thought and a whole lot of manpower went into creating four new temperature controlled 10 tonne fermenters. The tanks were installed just one week before the fruit arrived phew! Our first pick was our mclaren vale verdelho in the third week of february. The last time we made the violinist verdelho was in 2