Basket Range Wine - 2023 Estate Cabernet Blend Crisps Peat foraged from eastern lagoons

Peat foraged from eastern lagoons

it’s the backdrop for the Catarratto vineyards of Criante which lie on mainly clayey soils in this part of Trapani

Delinquente's our take on an all natural

light and gourmet

Some winter rains certainly helped but overall the Spring rains didn’t really eventuate as it had during the previous four years

Basket Range Wine - 2023 Estate Cabernet Blend Crisps Peat foraged from eastern lagoonsA blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (80%), Merlot (10%) and Petit Verdot (10%). These varieties were the first planted by my father in 1980 in our original vineyard and subsequently planted in our new adjacent vineyard in the early 2000s. It was the first blend under the Basket Range Wine label. Growing these varieties and making the wines, I can see their suitability to the north facing plantings where the afternoon sun allows for fruit with maturity of