Block 5 Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Name: Buy Forest Hill Block 5 Cabernet Sauvignon | Perth Delivery
SKU: FOR003
Price: 65.00 AUD
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Forest Hill Block 5 Cabernet 2021

The Forest Hill 2021 Block 5 Cabernet Sauvignon showcases the remarkable qualities of its 1975-planted, dry-grown vines. This vintage presents a complex bouquet of blackcurrant, black olives, bay leaf, cloves, and delicate floral spices. On the palate, it delivers a tightly wound, medium- to fuller-weight profile brimming with cassis, blackcurrant, woody spices, and hints of liquorice. The evocative perfume introduces the dark fruit and toasty clove spice, while the flavour profile follows suit with a seamless integration of fine, lacy tannins, brambly herbs, and lingering spices.

Crafted with care, the grapes were hand-picked and subjected to a cold soak before fermentation, with the must aerated through pump-overs or hand plunging. Ageing for 15 months in French oak hogsheads—25% of which were new—refines the wine, enhancing its elegance and finesse. The result is a graceful, reserved wine with excellent persistence of flavour and a nearly refreshing feel.

The 2021 growing season began with a dry winter, followed by a wet spring that set up the vines beautifully for summer. Despite some early frost, the overall conditions were favourable, and the La Niña pattern brought beneficial rainfall in February, refreshing the canopies without causing harm. Warm March days and cool nights provided the perfect environment for the red varietals, culminating in a wine that reflects its terroir with an impressive sense of class and elegance.

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Discounts & Delivery

Buy 6 or more wines of your choice and enjoy a 5% discount. Yes, it can be any mix of wines!
Based in Perth, we provide FREE personal delivery for orders over $75 within the Perth area.
We also offer shipping across Australia, with freight costs calculated at checkout.
You can typically order more than the available stock of most wines, with excess going on backorder. However, for special vintage-dependent wines, you’re restricted to the current stock to ensure you receive the specific year’s vintage.
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Wine Companion – 95 Points

Produced from 1975-planted dry-grown vines. Tightly wound, medium- to fuller-weight cabernet with cassis, blackcurrant, woody spices, black olive and licorice characters in spades. Evocative perfume delivers all that dark fruit, toasty, clove spice, leafy herb and anise personality, an appealing intro to the similarly set flavours and the accompanying roll of fine, lacy, succulent tannins and brambly herb and spice lingering on. Very even, graceful flow, reserved and elegant in its course with excellent persistence of flavour and a general sense of finesse. An almost refreshing feel overall, too. Very classy.

Mike Bennie

Learn More About Forest Hill …

Forest Hill Winery has a unique place in the history of Western Australia’s wine industry, being the first cool climate vineyard planted in Western Australia.

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Following extensive research throughout the South-West, a site was chosen on the property owned by Tony and Betty Pearce and in 1965 a two hectare vineyard was planted.

50 years on Forest Hill Wines is family owned and run. The wines are crafted in our winery in Denmark with the grapes sourced from the old, dry grown, Forest Hill Vineyard in Mount Barker. Our wines reflect the site, the season and the people that nurture them.

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Forest Hill Winery sits in the Great Southern wine region, situated within the ancient, rugged, and pristine environment bordering the south coast of Western Australia, is the coolest in Western Australia. Soils are mostly lateritic gravelly and sandy loams, or sandy loams derived from granite bedrock. Stretching north, east, and west from Western Australia’s south coast, the largest wine-growing region in mainland Australia. These are distinctive fine wines that benefit from cool climate viticulture in a clean, green environment.

The accolades for the Forest Hill wine range are extensive, with the likes of Wine Companion and Ray Jordan giving outstanding scores.

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If you are planning on visiting the Denmark region, make sure you visit the official wine association page HERE

If we don’t stock your favourite wine we can order it in, email us at info@partnersinwine.com.au