MadFish Cabernet Shiraz 2020

In the cool and temperate climate of the South West of Western Australia, the winter of 2019 gave less than average rainfall, and an expectation that yields from the 2020 vintage would be low. As the earth gradually faced more to the sun, spring uncoiled its impulsive nature, followed by a temperate warm, dry summer - setting the stage for a promising outcome. With veraison came the flowering of the native marri blossoms to avert the attention of our indigenous resident bird population away from the fruit. The middle autumnal period continued to be dry, with a mild to warm temperature which began to impact vintage in early March as all varieties readied for an early harvest.

Each batch of fruit was harvested in the cool of the night to ensure maximal fruit retention. The grapes were then destemmed and crushed into a range of stainless steel fermenters allowing a controlled start to fermentation. Each batch was pumped over twice a day after tasing to allow gradual colour and flavour extraction.

Maturation on light lees to build texture is allowed for 8 months prior to blending and bottling onsite