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BLUE POLES Allouran Cabernet Franc Merlot, Margaret River 2015 Bottle
About this wine
Blue Poles Allouran Cabernet Franc Merlot, Margaret River
The Allouran is a blend of (adjusted for vintage) two-thirds Merlot and one-third Cabernet Franc. The fruit is all sourced from the estates eponymous Blue Poles Vineyard, totalling 6 hectares – half of which is planted to Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
On the vine, the fruit is subject to thinning after fruit set but before veraison. At harvest, the grapes are hand-picked in the cool early morning and any that are not good ‘enough to eat’ are discarded.
After a gentle extraction, the wine is vinified before spending nearly two years in French oak. Inspired by the wines of Saint-Émilion and Pommerol, the Blue Poles wines might be the closest approximation of Bordeaux’s Right Bank in Australia.
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Blue Poles is a Margaret River boutique winery in Rosa Brook that focuses its efforts on Bordeaux ‘Right Bank’ varieties of Merlot and Cabernet Franc in contrasts to the ‘Left Bank’ Cabernet Sauvignon which dominates the region. The site was selected due to the depth of laterite gravels and nature of the subsoils, the subtle recognition of a cooler micro-climate, and the topography aiding in the ripening of the grapes which preserves acid but maximises tannin and flavour. These small but critical factors have ensured the wines are not manipulated at the winery in any way with the aim of representing the terroir of the site in its purest form.
The vineyard was named after the Jackson Pollock painting Blue Poles: Number 11, 1952. Purchased for the sum of $1 million by the Australian National Gallery in the early 1970s which was controversial in Australia at the time. This purchase, however, is now seen as a watershed in Australian history as it represented a more modern forward-thinking Australia. These traits are echoed by those at Blue Poles Winery in the vineyard and the winery.
