Vintage
2019
ABV
14.2%
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
Cape Landing's Flagship Cabernet Sauvignon was rated 'Exceptional' and 98 pts at Decanter's 'Wines of the Year 2021'. Aromas of black fruits, violets, glazed cherries, cacao nib and liquorice. On the palate an opulent entry of velvet tannin laced with flavours of cherries, allspice and dark chocolate. A fine fruit core culminates in a lasting finish of black and red fruits, with bristling, persistent minerality.
Accolades
Decanter 'Wines of the Year 2021' (98 points), published January 2022
Halliday Wine Companion 2022 (94 points), published 2021
Winemaker's Bio
Bruce Dukes - Chief Winemaker
Bruce has three decades of valuable postgraduate industry experience, shared between iconic producers; Niebaum-Coppola Winery in the Napa Valley of California (Assistant Winemaker), Pierro Margaret River Vineyards in Western Australia (Winemaker and General Manager) and currently as the Chief Winemaker (and founding Director) for Naturaliste Vintners. Bruce has assisted in the establishment of numerous “five star” producers in the Margaret River area.
His approach to grape growing and winemaking has been shaped by a wide range of high quality industry experience, in conjunction with a degree in Agricultural Science from the University of Western Australia, and a Masters degree in Viticulture and Enology from the University of California, Davis.
His deep technical and applied understanding of viticulture, and how viticultural parameters affect wine quality result in very high quality wines and meaningful feedback to vignerons.
Bruce has several publications in refereed scientific journals, as well as recently having authored a chapter in a winemaking text-book. He currently prefers to focus on hands on winemaking and viticultural consulting. The viticultural consulting is biased toward fine-tuning vineyards to ensure that the fruit is farmed to suit the intended wine-style.
Bruce was name West Australian Winemaker of the Year 2011-2012
Remi Guise - Senior Winemaker
Born in Cape Province, South Africa, Remi completed a BSc.(Agric.) (Viticulture & Oenology) in 2006 at the University of Stellenbosch. He then took up a position as Assistant Winemaker at the Meerendal Wine Estate in Durbanville, a 300 year old estate producing quality wines in South Africa. Remi first visited Margaret River in 2007 and never left. He joined Naturaliste Vintners in 2008, becoming Senior Winemaker at Naturaliste Vintners in 2017. With 16 vintages and more than a decade of experience working with premium fruit from multiples sites within Margaret River and the other great wine regions of Western Australia, Remi brings an intimate understanding of the translation of land to wine, and a dogged obsession with constantly pushing quality and style to the next level.
Remi, along with Bruce Dukes, were appointed Cape Landing’s wine makers in 2018 and Remi and Bruce have advised on all aspects of winemaking at Cape Landing and crafted all of Cape Landing’s vintages since 2018.
