2024 · Highbury Fields Cabernet Sauvignon
Forest Hill Vineyard
Red · Great Southern, Australia
Light elegant
Dry · Fruit-forward · Bold structured · Tannic
Technical details
Vinification & maturation
Cold soakPump‑overs with aerationFermentation at ~25 °COpen & closed tanksPressing into French oak foudresMalolactic in French oak12 ‑month bottle‑age
Grapes
Cabernet SauvignonMalbec
Producer
Forest Hill Vineyard
Australia
Forest Hill is a family-owned winery in Western Australia’s Great Southern region, founded by the Lyons family in 1965, with its first vines planted that year and inaugural vintage in 1972. Today, Tim and Guy Lyons run the privately owned estate. The winery is best known for Riesling, alongside Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Shiraz. Its wines are distributed internationally, and the winery welcomes visitors for tastings.
Production scale
Small
60-120k bottles/yr