Limestone Coast
Cabernet Sauvignon 100%
14% Alc
Our Limestone Coast Cabernet Sauvignon is a vibrant, lifted style of wine displaying juicy, moreish black-fruit notes and bouncy acidity. Oak is used discreetly for fermentation and maturation, to accentuate the freshness of the blend.
The cool climate growing conditions of the Limestone Coast (located in the South-East corner of South Australia), make it
the perfect fruit source for our Limestone Coast Selections. Cool Climate fruit sourcing ensures the wines have generous
amounts of natural acidity, an underlying theme of freshness and varietal character, and importantly, a high level of sophistication and a sense of place. Wines that reflect both the grape variety as well as the vineyards and sub-districts
they’re grown in.
Fruit for our Twist of Fate Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from vineyards located in Southern Coonawarra. The terra rossa soils
and cool climate of these vineyards make them the perfect partners for growing high quality Cabernet. Following harvest in mid-April, the fruit was fermented in stainless steel open fermenters for 7 days. Malolactic fermentation was also completed in stainless steel to retain freshness and aromatics. The blend was then barrelled down to 2nd fill and older French oak barriques and hogsheads for 9 months maturation prior to bottling.
Colour: Ruby red with purple hues.
Nose: Rich dark fruits of blackcurrant and blackberry with some savoury notes of cedar, warm spices and roasted coffee.
Palate: Cassis, dark chocolate and Christmas spices, balanced by fresh, juicy dark fruits. The wine has fine soft tannins and a smooth finish.
Serving: Lamb chops with mint gremolata
Hesketh Twist of Fate Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
When we began the Hesketh Wines journey in 2006, we started with virtually nothing. We had no choice but to operate as a ‘Negociant’, relying on a tight set of supportive growers to grow our fruit and friends with wineries to do the winemaking on our behalf.
This worked well enough until 2012 when we really hocked ourselves, took a stupid risk, and purchased Parker Coonawarra Estate. At that point, everything came in-house and we’ve been in full control of our winemaking (but not much else) ever since. The beauty of being part of a wider business in the background is the quality of both winemakers and viticultural resource we have at our disposal.
We’re incredibly fortunate to have a winemaking team of the calibre of Keeda, Andrew and Luke, who have over 70 years of experience between them. Working with fruit from our own vineyards and that of our specialist growers, they craft sophisticated and delicious cool climate wines that reflect our family’s winemaking style and ethos. Aside from the privilege of working with great people, we also have beautiful fruit sources to work with from our own vineyards as well as our network of specialist growers in the Adelaide Hills, Limestone Coast, Clare & Barossa Valleys.
It takes a whole village to grow a wine, and a lot of blood, sweat, tears and passion goes into every bottle.