Sovereign Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

$500

Sovereign is an integrated and refined Bordeaux blend, primarily of Cabernet Sauvignon and made only in the best vineyard years of the century.

Sovereign is what happens if you do everything right, our best grapes, our finest barrels, our superior wines and then Nature helps.

Quite simply “exquisite” and as with all great wines only a few people in the entire world will ever get to 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.

As soon as we tasted the 2019 reds we knew this was the year to make another Sovereign, our first since the incredible 2007 which is all gone now.

This is 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 23 months, 50% in new barrels and 50% in one use barrels.
Only 100 cases produced of which Bill will drink ten.

The details have been etched into the bottle 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 2019
Harvest Date 19th Oct 2019
Style Red Bordeaux
Appellation North Coast
Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
Date Bottled 27th Jul 2021
Drinkable 2022 - 2032
Alcohol 14.40%
Bottle Size 750ml