2014 PC LM Reserve Assemblage 750ml

2014
LM Reserve
Assemblage

REGION: Granite Belt, Australia
COLOUR: Deep ruby cherry with purple edges
VARIETAL: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot 47/34/19
NOSE: Blackberry, blueberry & ripe mulberry with warm cinnamon
and clove spices and roasted hazelnuts.
PALATE: An elegant, medium-bodied style with soft, dark berry fruits, black and red
plum, cassis, warm clove and spice notes with hints of sweet tobacco and roasted walnuts.
Soft powdery tannins and supporting cherry oak provide excellent structure, while a
refined line of acidity ensures length of flavour and texture on the back palate. Touches of
violets and liquorice from cool-climate Cabernet enhance the velvet rich plum fruitcake of
Merlot, with Petit Verdot offering firmer tannin backbone and excellent acidic balance.
WINEMAKING COMMENTS:
Continuing the story that began back in 2008, when Sirromet Wines founder Mr Terry
Morris asked Chief Winemaker Adam Chapman to create an elegant, super-premium
Cabernet blend to honor his wife “LM” – being for Lurleen Morris.  This is the fifth release
of this wine, now a Sirromet flagship.  2014 was an outstanding vintage for the Granite
Belt region, with a cool spring followed by mild to warm dry weather through until late
April, allowing late maturing Cabernet to achieve perfect ripeness.  Sourced entirely
from a single vineyard, our largest estate vineyard “Seven Scenes” at 820 meters elevation,
the Cabernet Sauvignon for this wine was grown on Blocks 46 and 47, the Merlot on
Block 52 and Petit Verdot on Block 45. The three varietals were crafted separately with
fermentation style and oak selection to suit each varietal.  Much of the Cabernet in
this wine underwent a complete “wild” fermentation, with the native yeast offering an
extra dimension of flavor complexity unique to our vineyard and region.  Merlot was
cool fermented in a Ganimedes design fermenter with gentle maceration, followed by
separation of the best pressing fractions to be reserved for this wine.  Petit Verdot was
aged in new American oak, while the Merlot and Cabernet matured in both new and
older French barriques for 14 months.  As is now our tradition, the selection of individual
barrels for this blend and assessment of subsequent blend trials was done by our
winemakers along with some invited guests, with much discussion (sometimes heated),
but all were in agreement on the final blend.
FOOD MATCH SUGGESTION:
Enjoy with slow-roasted lamb shoulder with a baked ratatouille & smoky eggplant “jam”.
TECHNICAL DATA:
Alcohol: 13.0% vol/vol
Standard Drinks: 7.7
MLF: 100%
Oak: 80% French Oak, 20% American Oak
pH: 3.52
TA: 6.9 gm/ltr
Residual Sugar: 0.5 gm/ltr

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