Crossing Original Cabernet Blend

Tasting Notes 🍇

• Colour: Luminous crimson with a ruby hue.
• Aromatics: Bursting with juicy red and blue fruits, complemented by hints of vanilla, cinnamon, and liquorice.
• Palate: Medium-bodied with a silky mouthfeel and bountiful berry flavours. Fine tannins lead to a balanced, persistent, and satisfying finish.

Winemaker’s Note

“A smooth, approachable red that delivers exceptional value, balancing vibrancy with depth and finesse.”

Viticulture & Winemaking

🔹 Region: Margaret River, WA

🔹 Varietal Breakdown:

• Cabernet Sauvignon (81.6%) – Structure & depth
• Merlot (10.5%) – Plush texture & juiciness
• Shiraz (4.7%) – Spice & vibrancy
• Malbec (1.5%) – Dark fruit concentration
• Petit Verdot (1.3%) – Lifted aromatics & colour intensity
• Cabernet Franc (0.4%) – Herbaceous complexity
  
  🔹 Harvest: Hand-picked between 17th March – 7th April 2021.
  
  🔹 Fermentation: Varieties fermented separately in open & closed fermenters, spending 8–21 days on skins.
  
  🔹 Maturation: 12 months in French oak barrels (90% barriques, 10% hogsheads), with 5% new oak.
  
  🔹 Alcohol: 14.0% | pH: 3.69 | T/A: 5.6g/L

Sustainability & Natural Practices 🌱

🔹 Certified Sustainable – Sourced from estate vineyards in Wilyabrup, Metricup & Karridale.

🔹 Minimal Intervention Winemaking – Enhancing natural varietal expression.

🔹 Vegan-Friendly – No animal-derived fining agents used.

Storage & Serving Tips ❄️

🔹 Serving Temperature: 16–18°C for optimal balance. If being stored at room temperature (22c) place in the fridge for 45 minutes before drinking.

🔹 Decanting: 20–30 minutes enhances aromatics & softens tannins.

🔹 Cellaring Potential: Best enjoyed by 2029 for vibrant freshness, though it will evolve beautifully.

Food Pairing Suggestions 🍽️

🔹 Lamb Shanks with Olives & Red Wine – Richness meets the wine’s fine tannins & spice.

🔹 Herbed Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms – Earthy umami pairs beautifully with the silky palate.

🔹 Charcuterie & Aged Cheeses – Complements savoury notes of the blend.

🔹 Wood-Fired Pizza with Caramelized Onions & Prosciutto – A perfect casual pairing.

FAQ Wine Terms 🧐

❓ Why is Cabernet Sauvignon dominant in this blend?
Cabernet Sauvignon provides the structure, fine tannins, and longevity, while Merlot and Shiraz add approachability and spice.

❓ What does aging in 5% new oak achieve?
It enhances complexity without overpowering fruit purity, creating a balanced, elegant style.

❓ What makes this such great value?
It’s a meticulously crafted blend of six noble varieties, offering complexity, drinkability, and cellaring potential—at an incredible price point.

A seamlessly smooth, fruit-driven red blend that overdelivers in quality and style. 🍷

Learn About Juniper Estate

Juniper Estate is a producer of premium wines in Wilyabrup, the heart of the remote, environmentally pristine Margaret River winegrowing area.

We can order in a Juniper Estate wine we don’t stock, simply email us at info@partnersinwine.com.au

Juniper is a producer of premium wines in Margaret River, the heart of the remote, environmentally pristine winegrowing area lying in the south-west corner of Western Australia, 270km south of Perth. We are fortunate that Margaret River is where it is and, with its maritime influence, ancient soils and beautiful landscape is perfectly suited to the production of great wines.

Juniper’s outlook combines the tenets of heritage, authenticity, and original thinking with a view to producing wines of elegance and sophistication that showcase the best of the Margaret River region. We grow what we make and make what we grow, all from our distinctive vineyards in Wilyabrup and Karridale.

The sites are exciting in their differences, but their farming is united by sustainable and organic practices resulting in the best fruit possible that reflects each vineyard’s idiosyncrasies. Applications of compost from spent marc, sheep manure, and the use of inter-row crops to fix nitrogen are all small examples of how we help sustain the natural balance of our land.

A deep respect for the history of the region, and the pursuit to push boundaries, drives our outlook in creating wines that reflect their time and place. This begins with careful and thorough manual intervention in the vineyard and attentive yet minimal intervention in the winery.

Important to our philosophy is retention of the individuality of each parcel of fruit, with a block-by-block approach to their winemaking. This enables us control in blending, using complementary parcels to preserve the uniqueness and personality of our distinctive Margaret River sites. Oak maturation is used to enhance complexity and contribute to the refinement of the wines.

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