Higher Plane The Messenger 2012

Specifications:

 “The 2012 vintage was near a perfect one for the Bordeaux red varieties”

Mark Messenger Chief Winemaker

6 pack / Unit price per bottle: $45

Region: Margaret River 

Varieties: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon 24% Malbec 12% Merlot 10% Cabernet Franc & 4% Petit Verdot

Vintage: 2012 

Colour: Medium lemon 

Nose: Brooding and exotic mix of bright blueberry cassis raspberry cinnamon and violet notes which intermingle with hints of charry oak chorizo and tapenade

Palate: The palate entry is plush offering great generosity of fruit flavour and
concentration. This wine builds with intensity throughout the palate and reveals a lovely
fine-grained and resolved tannin profile. A very complex wine with a long and profound finish

Alcohol: 14% 

Background: The 2012 vintage was a near perfect one for the Bordeaux red varieties with a relatively mild autumn after a warm but not hot summer allowing for a long hang time on the vine which develops fine balanced tannins in the grapes.

Awards: 

Gold Medal 2016 Qantas Wine Show of WA
Silver Medal 2016 Margaret River Wine Show
95 points  James Halliday

Five Star Winery- James Halliday