Knappstein Enterprise Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 (1500ml)

Knappstein Enterprise Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 (1500ml)Enterprise is the flagship label for Knappstein, first introduced with the 1994 vintage. The 1999 Enterprise Cabernet Sauvignon is a blend of 91% cabernet sauvignon and 9% malbec from the Enterprise Vineyard, planted in 1969 at the northern end of the Clare Valley. "The deep crimson colour and impenetrable black centre of the 1999 Enterprise cabernet are indicative of the low yielding, dry grown Clare Valley vines that produce it. The depth is also

"Citrus and stonefruit on the nose

"  Andrew Caillard MW - 96 points (Tasted Aug 2012)

It all adds up to a prognosis of a long and rewarding life ahead

The biodynamic farming and viticultural methods have made both the vines and the fruit more resilient

But what makes us a little different is that we produce a prestige Cuvée every year - because that’s what Joseph Krug defined as the objective in his notebooks all those years ago - with no hierarchy between the non-vintage and the vintage bottlings

and as has been the case in many other wine regions

we were battling big time

In 1913 Henry Best dies at age 81 and is buried in the Great Western cemetery

From 1979 through to the early 1990s were difficult times at Saltram under the new owners

The understated wine making relies on vineyard or vine selection and elegant use of whole bunch

bringing flavours of great subtlety and intensity to the wines

texturally and structurally