Product Description
Capel Vale was the first winery in Western Australia to own and establish vineyards in the cool climate regions of Margaret River, Mount Barker and Geographe. As a result, Capel Vale now produces wines of definitive regional flavour and varietal expression with a focus on balance, complexity and elegant fruit flavours. Capel Vale is a pioneer in WA with vines planted in 1974. The initial winery was built on the Stirling Estate in Capel in 1979 followed shortly thereafter with the first vintage made by Dr Peter Pratten in 1980. As pioneers within the Western Australia wine industry, Capel Vale wears its feather with pride as the first family owned winery to identify and refine the viticultural potential in the outstanding cool climate regions of Geographe, Mount Barker and Margaret River in Western Australia. While suiting a variety of tastes, these individual wines reflect a winemaking philosophy of wines with balance, complexity and elegant fruit flavours that gives rise to wines demonstrating distinctive regional essence of these finest 3 cool climate wine regions. From the company’s creation in 1974 by Dr Peter and Elizabeth Pratten, to handing of the torch over to son Simon Pratten, Capel Vale has always been one of the leading family-owned and managed wineries. A winemaking philosophy of wines with balance, complexity & elegant fruit flavours.
Brilliant straw colour with some greenish highlights around the outskirts and a very pale straw hue. The bouquet offers up aromas of dried honey and peach followed by cashew, nougat and spice. Full with excellent richness and a creamy mouthfeel the palate features flavours of cashew and peach with a dried honey overlay and a spicy dry finish.