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  1. Chateau L'Eglise 2022
    Chateau L'Eglise 2022
    Château l'Eglise has been managed by the Dieuxyssies family since 1880. The vineyard extends across 28 hectares of clay-limestone and sandy, silty soils. The grape composition is 40% Merlot, 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 10% Cabernet Franc.
    2022
    Cabernet Blends
    France
    356
  2. Forest Hill Highbury Fields Cabernet 2022
    Forest Hill Highbury Fields Cabernet 2022
    SPECIAL VALUE

    A splash of malbec makes its way into this wine. Succulent and refreshing red, bright with blueberry and mulberry fruit character, some violet floral lift, minty herbs, clove, black olive and licorice. A feast for the senses in the scents. The palate rolls similarly, supple and bright in texture, medium to fuller weight but lively and energetic with each mouthful. A coolness in the wine perhaps, at least a restraint that seems to defy the price point. And we're good with that. Brilliant value. MIKE BENNIE, Halliday Wine Companion
    2022
    Cabernet Blends
    Australia
  3. Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Rose 2021 375ml
    Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Rose 2021 375ml
    Never judge a book buy it's cover right? Mostly, you see the colour of this and you at least know you are on good footing to begin with. It's pale, like a blush of peach. Properly dry with a splash of sweet citrus, mandarin, ripe red grapefruit, a just tart orange aspect and then some lovely peach notes. All this is underpinned by a bright, clear, palate cleansing freshness and a nice pithy texture that licks at the sides of your mouth. It's long and energising, it both slackens the thirst with its buoyant, uplifting feel and engages the old taste buds and sets the salivary glands quivering. Who doesn't love Rose like this? It's so enjoyable to drink. ROSCOE
    2021
    Carignan, Grenache, Mourvedre
    France
    460
  4. Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Cotes de Provence Rose 2022 375ml
    Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Cotes de Provence Rose 2022 375ml

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    2022
    Carignan, Grenache, Mourvedre
    France
    460
  5. Fontareche Corbieres Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2022
    Fontareche Corbieres Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2022
    The Fontarèche property, at the heart of Corbiere in Languedoc-Roussillon, has a long, illustrious and noble history dating back to 1201. Current proprietor, Jacques de Lamy took over from his father, Count Edouard de Lamy in 1957 where the de Lamy family has been in charge of the property since 1682. The estate works with 17 grape varieties, but Carignan is their jewel in the crown. The vines are planted to the semi-desert Mediterranean climate trapped between the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The Atlantic breezes funnel through the mountain ranges that form the backdrop of the region and help to temper the summer heat in the vineyards retaining freshness and vibrancy in the wines.

    Wonderfully lifted notes of violets, mulberry and blue fruits all underlined with gentle minerality. The palate is brimming with a core of dark fruits that come together nicely with a focused and energetic finish. It really is surprising the level of subtle complexity at this price point that remains so easy to drink at the same time
    2022
    Carignan
    France
    418
  6. Fontareche Corbieres Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2023
    Fontareche Corbieres Rouge Vieilles Vignes 2023

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    2023
    Carignan
    France
    418
  7. Head Wines Rossa Monte et al 2021
    Head Wines Rossa Monte et al 2021

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    2021
    Carignan, Grenache, tempranillo
    Australia
    349
  8. Stephane Aviron Beaujolais Village 2023
    Stephane Aviron Beaujolais Village 2023

    Stephane's family has been wheeling and dealing in Beaujolais for generations. Based in Fleurie, his father owned an oenological laboratory and worked as a wine broker where, after completing his studies, Stephane returned to work in the family business as a wine consultant and a winemaker in Chénas. His experience there and history in the region brings a depth of knowledge and intimate detail of the terroirs he now works. That, when combined with Stephane's obvious talent makes for a formidable combination.

    Black cherry and bright raspberry with a hit of heady, whole peppercorn spice, touch of cola and lovely burst of five spice that drives the inviting nose home. Super crunchy, raspberry fruit layered in with fine slippery tannins. Bursting with red fruit flavour, bright and bouncy. It's fine and tight with a lovely core of fruit that feels light and airy and at once concentrated and precise in its delivery. A fine Villages.

    2023
    Gamay
    France
    352
  9. Pierre Marie Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes Beaujolais 2023 375ml
    Pierre Marie Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes Beaujolais 2023 375ml

    This mouthwatering crowd-pleaser is named after a grove of cherry trees that flank the vineyard. The fruit is drawn from 30- to 40-year-old Gamay vines, grown in dark granite soils around the Chermette homestead in Saint-Vérand, southern Beaujolais. In contrast to his age-worthy Crus from Moulin-à-Vent and Fleurie et al., Chermette aims to produce something light-to-medium-bodied, bright and cherry-fruited with reach-for-another-glass charm.

    The winemaking has remained unchanged for decades, with traditional whole-bunch, semi-carbonic fermentation in concrete tanks followed by maturation in tank and old oak casks still the order of the day. The nose is so exuberant you could be tasting out of barrel, flush with easy-going, lip-smacking red fruit flecked by red floral notes. The palate tells the same story through waves of vibrant, tangy berries and cherrystone fruit. As always, it is a delicious, moreish wine and fabulous value.

    2023
    Gamay
    France
    352
  10. Te Mata Estate Merlot Cabernet 2023
    Te Mata Estate Merlot Cabernet 2023

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    2023
    Cabernet Blends
    New Zealand
    403
  11. Walsh & Sons Lola Red Syrah/Cab/Merlot 2022
    Walsh & Sons Lola Red Syrah/Cab/Merlot 2022

    60% Syrah 25% Cabernet Sauvignon 15% Grenache, They say “perfect with your favourite wood-fired pizza (hold the pineapple)”,  though I like pineapple on pizza. Gino D’Acampo would have conniptions.

    Plenty of flavour of red and blue fruits, bay leaf, a dusting of spice. Medium-bodied, quite fleshy, some earthy/sooty tannin sweeps through it, with a soft and supple finish of blue fruits and spice. Length is moderate, but OK. Good wine. Easy to like. GARY WALSH, The Wine Front

    2022
    Cabernet Blends, Merlot, shiraz
    Australia
    504
  12. Te Mata Estate Merlot Cabernet 2022
    Te Mata Estate Merlot Cabernet 2022

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    2022
    Cabernet Blends
    New Zealand
    403
  13. Te Mata Gamay Noir 2024
    Te Mata Gamay Noir 2024

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    2024
    Gamay
    New Zealand
    403
  14. Mutual Promise Gamay 2024
    Mutual Promise Gamay 2024

    Given the small volume this is fully de-stem as opposed to the typical 50% de-stemmed and 50% whole cluster for carbonic. Wine was fermented with ambient yeast on skins for 2 weeks and pressed to 2 x 6 year old Bossuet 500 Lt Puncheons. No adds other than a small organic yeast hulls to aid fermentation and a small amount of So2 pre bottling.

    Gentle spice, herbaceous alpine edge brings freshness, cranberry and bright cherry fruits. Red spectrum rather than blue black of the spiritual home of Gamay but delicious and dangerously drinkable none the less.

    2024
    Gamay
    Australia
    436
  15. Balnaves Cabernet Merlot 2021
    Balnaves Cabernet Merlot 2021

    A bit of a dearth of Balnaves reviews in recent years, and indeed, Coonawarra too. 88% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot

    Blackberry and blackcurrant, dark mint chocolate, liquorice, tobacco and cedar. It’s pushing into full-bodied, but gee, there’s a rich swell of dark fruit here, and it’s also kind of ferrous/earthy, but fresh and vibrant with it, some dried raspberry, firm and grainy tactile tannin grip, sporting excellent length, and there’s maybe a bit of iodine to close. This is a pretty serious wine for the money. I like it a lot. GARY WALSH, the wine front

    2021
    Cabernet Blends
    Australia
    381
  16. Stephane Aviron Beaujolais Cote de Brouilly 2022
    Stephane Aviron Beaujolais Cote de Brouilly 2022
    From vines of between 40 and 80 years of age located on the steep slopes of the famed La Madone vineyard, this cru Beaujolais has a fine, perfumed bouquet and plenty of freshness. The texture is silky, with a pure, juicy finish.
    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  17. Ministry of Clouds Carignan Grenache 2023
    Ministry of Clouds Carignan Grenache 2023

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    2023
    Carignan, Grenache
  18. Spinifex Grenache Gris 2023
    Spinifex Grenache Gris 2023

    It’s a new plot of vineyard (on the estate) and this is the first year where there was enough crop to make/release a wine. It was fermented wild in old oak and then matured in a (not new) 1000l foudre.

    Time in old oak was important here because it’s added texture to what is, at heart, a structural white wine. It’s a wine of skin and bones, stones and spices, its dryness a key part of its appeal. We’re almost into brine territory here, or stones sitting in a saline solution, perhaps. It knows what it wants, and it wants for food. This is a good, interesting wine, worth buying and drinking, and future releases will be worth following. CAMPBELL MATTINSON, The Wine Front

    2021
    Carignan, Grenache
    Australia
    349
  19. Lucien Lardy Beaujolais Villages 2022
    Lucien Lardy Beaujolais Villages 2022

    70 year old vines here, from a vineyard that sits just outside Fleurie.
    Plenty of ripe raspberry and cherry, coffee grounds, some dried flower perfume. It’s fleshy and full of rich red fruits, some tobacco savoury character, dense stony tannin, with a slightly gritty finish of solid length... GARY WALSH, winefront.com

    Spiced red cherries, rosehip and rosemary notes lead into mid weight core. A rush of flavour greets you; roasted black and red cherries mix with raspberries while a thread of minerality and earthy flavours counter. Finishes with a tasty tannin chew, giving this wine dimension and charm. GABRIELLE POY
     

    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  20. Sinapius Jean Morice Rose 2022
    Sinapius Jean Morice Rose 2022

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    2022
    Gamay
    Australia
    490
  21. Bleasdale Vineyards Frank Potts Cabernet Blend 2020
    Bleasdale Vineyards Frank Potts Cabernet Blend 2020
    A 76/15/7/2% blend of cabernet sauvignon, malbec, petit verdot and merlot. Bright, near vivid, crimson; an elegant cabernet-driven wine, with notes of cedar, cigar box and cassis on the bouquet and palate alike. It's medium bodied and lithe, an English gentleman's claret. Drink by 2030. 95 points.James Halliday
    2020
    Cabernet Blends
    Australia
    483
    $37.00
  22. Lucien Lardy Fleurie Les Roches 2022
    Lucien Lardy Fleurie Les Roches 2022

    The 2022 Fleurie Les Roches has more mineralité and complexity than the Les Moriers on the nose, with fine lift and perfume. The palate is medium-bodied with finely knit tannins, well-judged acidity and a silky, seductive finish. Quite delicious. NEAL MARTIN

    Very fresh Fleurie showing raspberries, fresh blueberries, thyme and oranges on the nose. It's medium-bodied and bright, with crushed stone minerality at the end. JAMES SUCKLING

    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
    Special Price $37.00 Regular Price $45.00
  23. Woodlands 'Margaret' Cabernet Blend 2017 375ml
    Woodlands 'Margaret' Cabernet Blend 2017 375ml
    Deep, dark red/purple colour, with a profound bouquet of dark fruits, violets, dried herb and dried floral notes interlocked with blackberry, layered with ample tannins and lasting very long on the follow-through. Superb flavour and structure. A statuesque cabernet blend. Margaret seems to build gravitas with each succeeding vintage. (96) HUON HOOKE, The Real Review

    Inky, brooding style red, deep, dark berry fruit flavours, warm, brown spice notes, twiggy wood, good sense of tension between acidity and tannin rolled in. Satisfying, savoury-leaning red with earth, truffle and dusty notes creeping in. Good sense of elegance and charm. MIKE BENNIE, The Wine Front
    2017
    Cabernet Blends
    Australia
    432
  24. Nocturne SR Cabernets 2023
    Nocturne SR Cabernets 2023

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    2023
    Cabernet Blends
  25. Nocturne SR Cabernets 2022
    Nocturne SR Cabernets 2022

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    2022
    Cabernet Blends
    Australia
    432
  26. Stephane Aviron Beaujolais Cote de Brouilly 2021
    Stephane Aviron Beaujolais Cote de Brouilly 2021
    Depth and layered complexity are this wine's calling card. The wine has a nose of dried cranberry, Darjeeling tea, white peach, strawberry and red cherry. On the palate, the Côte de Brouilly has a core of just-ripened fruit and velvety tannin. Give the wine 30 minutes to open in your glass if you're drinking now. The bottle will continue to improve with age.  REGGIE SOLOMON
    2021
    Gamay
    France
    352
  27. Domaine Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes 2023
    Domaine Chermette Beaujolais Les Griottes 2023

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    2023
    Gamay
    France
    352
  28. Karim Vionnet 'Cuvee KV' Beaujolais Villages 2021
    Karim Vionnet 'Cuvee KV' Beaujolais Villages 2021

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    2021
    Gamay
    France
    352
    Special Price $39.20 Regular Price $49.00
  29. Stephane Aviron Beaujolais Fleurie 2022
    Stephane Aviron Beaujolais Fleurie 2022
    From old vines located on the steep slopes of the highly regarded La Madone vineyard. An outstanding Fleurie that captures the beauty and elegance of the appellation and pairs it with some real depth and dimension. The floral lift amidst the black fruits gives this away as Fleurie, but on the palate the flavours expand further to reveal sage, black tea and turned earth. There's a lovely saline tail to the wine too and its plush, ripe fruit reigned in beautifully by a press of graphite- like tannins. ALEX DOBSON, PWS
    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  30. Chateau Poitevin 2018
    Chateau Poitevin 2018
    STAGE 13 - FLAT - AGEN > PAU 165.3 KM

    Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 Poitevin rolls out of the glass with expressive notes of redcurrant jelly, blackberries and Morello cherries, plus wafts of wild sage and menthol. The medium-bodied palate gives a good amount of crunchy red and black fruits with a soft texture and bags of freshness, finishing with an herbal lift. LISA PERROTTO-BROWN, The Wine Advocate

    Nose is elegant and oak is well integrated. Notes of vanilla, violets, blackcurrant leaf, dark chocolate and cloves. Palate has same leafy black fruit, discreet oak and pliable but slightly grainy tannins. DECANTER
    2018
    Cabernet Blends
    France
    356
    $40.00
  31. Le Baron de Malleret 2019
    Le Baron de Malleret 2019
    This is the Château de Malleret’s more youthful relation, characterised by a great fruitiness. While never overpowering, the strong aromas provide an excellent sense of identity which runs from the nose, through the flavours on the palate and right up to the superb finish. The wine’s round, long tannic structure is a reminder of the elegance and nobility of its origins. Cabernet Sauvignon: 58 % Merlot: 40 % Petit Verdot : 2 %
    2019
    Cabernet Blends
    France
    356
  32. Gustavo Martinez 'Waro' Pais 2019
    Gustavo Martinez 'Waro' Pais 2019

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    2019
    Carignan
    Chile
  33. Gustavo Martinez 'Koupin' Carignan 2019
    Gustavo Martinez 'Koupin' Carignan 2019

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    2019
    Carignan
    Chile
  34. Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Cotes de Provence Rose 2023
    Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Cotes de Provence Rose 2023
    Pale, shimmering orange-pink. Spice-accented red currant, cherry and floral scents pick up a hint of orange pith with air. Chewy and focused on the palate, offering bitter cherry and red berry flavors and a touch of candied lavender. Finishes long and silky, with repeating florality and a zesty snap of white pepper. VINOUS
    2023
    Carignan, Grenache, Mourvedre
    France
    460
  35. Jean Marc Burgaud Les Vignes de Lantignie 2021
    Jean Marc Burgaud Les Vignes de Lantignie 2021
    Now labeled as the 2021 Beaujolais-Lantignié rather than as Beaujolais-Villages, with a view to further foreground its Lantignié origins, this cuvée is once again a notable success. Offering up aromas of smoky berries, spices and petals, it's medium-bodied, supple and seamless, with lively acids and a charming, giving profile. WILLIAM KELLEY, Wine Advocate
    2021
    Gamay
    France
    358
  36. Chateau Tire Pe Tire Vin Vite 2019
    Chateau Tire Pe Tire Vin Vite 2019

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    2019
    Cabernet Blends
    France
    356
  37. Hobo Wine Camp Folk Machine Parts and Labour Red 2022
    Hobo Wine Camp Folk Machine Parts and Labour Red 2022
    This is the second vintage that Grenache has dominated the P&L blend. The 2022 is a blend of Grenache from Mangels Ranch in Suisun Valley, Cedar Lane in Arroyo Seco, and Waddington Ranch in Mendocino, Carignane from Lolonis, Maria Martinson, and Castañon all in Mendocino, and Syrah from Vecino in Potter Valley. There is a good amount of whole cluster and carbonic maceration through the lots keeping everything fresh and fun. As always, the blend was made immediately after harvest and the wine was aged in a combination of French oak foudres and stainless steel tanks.

    Oh yum! This is such a joy to drink. A cracking drop here from the legend that is Kenny likitprakong of Hobo. He was telling us that this was his house wine. The one that he has cases of to rip the corks off when mates come round, the BBQ fires up and a long warm weekend is about a kick off and we can see why. This is hard to put down once it's in your glass.

    It's all about the red fruits here with fresh picked red cherry and raspberry all vying for position at the front of the pack. Some pretty violet notes swirl around and as this opens up some savoury whole black peppercorn and foresty bits make themselves heard. Its lithe and fresh bursting onto the palate with that core of red berry fruit. Clean and pure just sizzling with energy. A joy to drink and would happily take a brief chill if you were so inclined.
    2022
    Barbera, Carignan, Grenache, shiraz
    USA
    362
  38. Dominique Piron Fleurie 2022
    Dominique Piron Fleurie 2022
    It might sound illogical, but this has serious floral charm on the nose. Then comes a wonderful filigree elegance on the medium-bodied palate. As appealing as the first sip is, you have to go back again and again to get all the complexity that unfurls at the long, stony finish. Delicious now, but good aging potential. Drink or hold. STUART PIGGOTT, JamesSuckling.com
    2022
    Gamay
    France
    352
  39. Y.amirault Amirault Bourgueil Cote 50 2022
    Y.amirault Amirault Bourgueil Cote 50 2022
    The old La Coudraye, which changed to La Côte back in the 2018 vintage to reflect the variety of origins for the fruit. This is a sample drawn before bottling. A vibrant hue in the glass, and a beautifully pure and eager nose of black cherry, blackcurrant and damson fruits. The palate remains true to the nose, with that same sense of purity and an underbelly of soft chalk, before a sappy cherry-skin character at the end. Modestly extracted tannins, firm but not over done, with nice acidity for this warmer vintage, this should evolve nicely for some years, but should be ready to go within a year or two. The alcohol is said to be 13%. CHRIS KISSACK, Thewinedoctor.com
    2022
    Cabernet Blends
    France
    422
  40. Clos du Gravillas Sous les Cailloux des Grillons 2020
    Clos du Gravillas Sous les Cailloux des Grillons 2020

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    2020
    Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault, Grenache, Mourvedre, shiraz
    France
    418
  41. Stephane Aviron Beaujolais Morgon Cote du Py 2021
    Stephane Aviron Beaujolais Morgon Cote du Py 2021
    Aromatics on the nose expand on the palate. A fragrant nose welcomes you along with rich black fruit and blackberry, boysenberry puree, blueberry, black raspberry compote, apricot, white blossom and red plum. The wine is joyful on the palate with black tea and forest floor lending added depth. If you are a black-tea drinker who enjoys plump red wines, this bottle is your jam. REGGIE SOLOMON
    2021
    Gamay
    France
    352
  42. Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Cotes de Provence Rose 2022
    Chateau du Rouet Cuvee Reserve Cotes de Provence Rose 2022
    A lovely lift of red cherries, pomegranate and white nectarines leads into a fleshy and textured core. Subtle herbal tones of fennel and dried thyme and wild strawberries join in the chorus too. There's presence and intensity thanks to the riper 2022 vintage, balanced by a spine of chalky acidity. Pleasing phenolics on the finish add a tantalising chew, like biting through peach skins. A hint of white pepper to finish adds a twist (reminds me of adding pepper to strawberries, shouldn't work but it does!). Keep this delightful thirst slaker on hand this summer. GABRIELLE POY, PWS
    2022
    Carignan, Grenache, Mourvedre
    France
    460
  43. Tribouley l'Alba Carignan Syrah Grenache 2019
    Tribouley l'Alba Carignan Syrah Grenache 2019

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    2019
    Carignan, Grenache, shiraz
    France
    418
  44. Jean Louis Tribouley l'Alba Tribouley 2020
    Jean Louis Tribouley l'Alba Tribouley 2020

    Carignan, Grenache and Syrah. Organic viticulture, hand harvest. Blend of different plots on gneiss soils with 8-11 months of elevage. No fining, filtration or additions.

    2020
    Carignan, Grenache, shiraz
    France
    418
  45. Domaine des Marrans Beaujolais Fleurie Les Marrans 2023
    Domaine des Marrans Beaujolais Fleurie Les Marrans 2023
    Strawberries, oranges and nutmeg on the nose, followed by a fresh, fruity and medium-bodied palate. Lots of juicy fruit. Drink now or hold. JAMES SUCKLING
    2023
    Gamay
    France
    352
  46. Dicey Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2021
    Dicey Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2021
    James is the grower, Matt the caretaker and they are the Dicey brothers. They are also neighbours with all the fruit for Dicey is sourced from the family's vineyards in the Bannockburn sub region of Central Otago.  All sustainable and all about showing place.

    Nice perfumed aromatics with soft violet, ripe dark cherries, anise and dark plum all interspersed with spicy cedar and delicate woodlands notes. That Otago rich dark cherry is on show but this doesn't feel too big or bulky like some others can. A touch of anise, that same dark plum all pile in there giving this plenty of push and depth. Its supple and soft with a lovely flow that carries the palate to a long finish that seems to unfold dark fruits, savoury spice, cedar and foresty notes layer by layer.
    2020
    Gamay
    New Zealand
    373
  47. Te Mata Awatea Cabernet Merlot 2022
    Te Mata Awatea Cabernet Merlot 2022

    Here’s we have 44% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 14% Cabernet Franc. I asked which Merlot clone they have in the ground at Te Mata, and it’s Entav, which is one of the better ones.

    Boysenberry, dusty spice, floral aromatics, tobacco, leaf and mint. Medium-bodied, powdery tannin, very ‘mineral’ acidity, bright but sitting in the wine well, raspberry and plum, complex and chalky firm on a long finish, a little seaweed in the mix. Crisp. Very fine wine. Needs a few more years in bottle. 94+ GARY WALSH, wine front

    2022
    Cabernet Blends
    New Zealand
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