Stunning Barossa Cabernet from Barossa producer Peter Lehmann
96 Points from James Halliday
Limited availability
| Name: WMR3384 |
| Vintage: 2004 |
| Alcohol: 14% |
| Drink Now Until: 2020 |
| Regions: Barossa |
| Winemaker: Andrew Wigan |
| Oak: 100% French Oak |
| Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Foods: Beef braised in red wine or chargrilled fillet of beef filled with basil and sun-dried tomatoes and served with a red wine reduction |
| Background: For his style, integrity and skill as a winemaker, Peter Lehmann has come to be known as ‘Mentor’ by many of today’s
Australian winemakers. His conviction that the Barossa was capable of making the best wines in the world extended far
beyond Shiraz – he’s always called it a ‘Garden of Eden’, a winemaker’s paradise. When it came to selecting a wine to
dedicate to Peter Lehmann, it was not without a sense of irony that we chose Barossa Cabernet.
Over the years we have identified vineyards that repeatedly produce the best Cabernet wines, many planted over 60
years ago. These older, low yielding vineyards produce fruit that displays the classic lifted cassis and violet characters of
great Cabernet.
Mentor is fermented and matured in 100% French oak hogsheads, which integrates seamlessly with the powerful flavours
and structure of the wine. .Recognising the greatness from a superb vintage, the winemakers chose this Cabernet for the
2004 Mentor, the first of this line to be released as a straight varietal. This is the best Cabernet we make each vintage and
our particular dedication to Peter - the founder of Peter Lehmann Wines and ‘Champion of the Barossa’. |
| Colour: The colour is an intense brooding blackness with touches of purple at the rim |
| Nose: The nose is an opulence of |
| Palate: A great generosity of flavour and velvet fruit reined in by the fine chalky tannins on the finish. |
| Highlights: Premium Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards in Light Pass and Tanunda districts of the Barossa Valley. |
| Winery Information: Peter Lehmann is regarded by many as the Baron of the Barossa valley, a title he richly deserves. He learnt his skill initially at Yalumba, then with Saltram prior to establishing his own label in 1979. 15 years later, after establishing the Peter Lehmann brand, Peter is still producing the very best ports in the Barossa. The winery has a total focus on Barossa and all its history. Peter Lehmann was International Wine & Spirit Competition in both 2003 and 2006. Lehmann labels feature the Queen of Clubs, symbolic of the many challenges faced when the Lehmann winery was established back in 1979. |
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