Sovereign Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
Sovereign happens if you do everything right and God decides to help.
A Cabernet blend from the best of the 2007 harvest that together have won seven gold medals, this glorious wine languished in French Oak for 44 months where it became integrated and refined. As with all great wines only a few people in the entire world will ever savor it!
This is a structured, blueberry and blackberry-dominated wine with super intensity. A host of savory notes appear first as the fruit gradually opens with air. Intense, dark and decidedly brooding in style, this Sovereign packs a serious punch. The interplay of fruit, structure and acidity is compelling. Closing notes of violet, rose petal and mocha add further nuance. Sovereign delivers serious quality and tons of personality.
Start with gold medal winning wines and blend them carefully to preserve the best features of both. Then consign them to neutral French oak barrel for a further 22 months where they micro-oxygenate to become a unique, integrated and structured wine with its own soft character and the sudden rising tannin phenomenon in the mid-palate. This wine is simply exquisite.
Aged in French Oak barrels for 44 months, the first 22 months in new barrels followed by another 22 months élevage in neutral oak to avoid imparting oak flavors.
The bottle is a Trezzano Bordeaux style magnum designed by Bruni Glass of Milan, Italy. The details have been etched into the glass and highlighted in cherry red and white enamel. The WILLIAMSON WINES name has been etched and highlighted with actual gold. To crown this special package, the neck was dipped in cherry red wax. All of this work was performed in the hands of expert craftsmen as is fitting of such a handcrafted wine. The bottles were sparged with nitrogen and then filled by hand. The corks were fitted individually by hand - a process that insures each bottle is filled and sealed correctly. However, this step often results in a little wine being spilled on the cork, so if you remove the wax cap and see wine stain on the top of the cork, don’t worry, the cork is not leaking.
| Color | Red |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2007 |
| Style | Red Bordeaux |
| Appellation | Dry Creek Valley |
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Date Bottled | 21st Mar 2013 |
| Drinkable | 2014 - 2020 |
| Alcohol | 14.50% |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
