2021 Singlefile 'The Philip Adrian' Frankland River Cabernet Sauvignon

The continental cool climate subregion of Frankland River sits within the north west corner of the Great Southern wine region (its latitude 34°39’S). The Riversdale vineyard, planted in 1997 on deep gravel over clay soils, on a north-south orientation, is located 7kms north west of the Frankland River township.

‘The Philip Adrian’ is Singlefile’s flagship red wine where every measure is taken to ensure only the best fruit and barrels are selected. 

The wine is 100% cabernet sauvignon (Houghton clones), the fruit picked and sorted in April 2021. It was cold soaked in a small fermenter for three days with minimum pump-overs before undergoing an extended and gentle maceration lasting for four weeks. Forty percent of the wine was matured in new Bordeaux oak barriques for thirteen months. The balance went to one-year-old (30%) and two-year-old (30%) Bordeaux barriques (for the same period). The wine was bottle aged for at least twenty-four months before release.