MCDONALD SERIES CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2021

The Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing District consistently makes our most characterful red wines, with its warm, stony soils producing low yield crops of intensely flavoured fruit with a full-bodied, rich yet vibrant flavour. Sheltered from sea breezes and brisk southerly winds, this is one of the warmest subregions in Hawke’s Bay, making it ideally suited to producing bold red wines. This vineyard tends to produce Cabernet Sauvignon with a core of dark fruit and a firm tannin structure that brings length, drive and great longevity.<br><br> The Bridge Pa district is well sheltered, warm and early ripening. The soil type is known locally as ‘red metals’ . Shallow wind-blown loess, and iron rich volcanic ash over deep, free draining greywacke river gravels. This area produces fragrant wines with fine grained, supple tannin structure.