Shofang Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

100% Cabernet Sauvignon from the Fengjiashan vineyard. Hand-harvested, destemmed and fermented for 2 weeks in open-top fermenters, pressed into barrel for MLF. Aged in 100% used oak for 10 months.

Lifted black fruits - dark cherries, blackberry conserve, and a spicy herbaceousness. A lot lighter than most Cabernet Sauvignons - with a lingering finish of dark chocolate and leather. 

Inheriting her family’s vineyard at a time where neighbours were digging up their vines to plant higher-yielding crops, Shofang and her partner Levi have modernised their 30-year-old winery by rejecting the domestic demand for heavy Cabernet Sauvignons, instead using their Australian winemaking experience to work with old-vine Muscat Hamburg, using neutral oak, and opting for pure and aromatic cuvées.