Heathvale Wines The Encounter, Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
G 95
Deep crimson. Dark chocolate, black cherry, blackcurrant aromas with sage, touch black olive notes. Concentrated and inky-deep with ample cassis, praline, mocha flavours and classical grainy firm tannins. Finishes with cedar spice notes. A beautiful refined liquorice aniseed note pervades through the palate. Now Henschke Cyril Henschke Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 G 95 Deep crimson. Fragrant inky cassis, hint graphite/dark chocolate aromas with herb garden notes and a hint of aniseed. Pure and classical with ample blackcurrant, elderberry fruits, fine slinky firm tannins, very good volume and underlying fresh acidity. Highly tensile and elemental. 20 months in 5% new and 95% French oak hogsheads. Very tight with al dente/hint sappy finish. Elements will further develop and fold. Very good energy and flow. But allow more bottle-aging. 14.5% alc 2027– 2042 Langmeil Winery Jackaman’s Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 G 95 Deep purple. A lovely textural varietal example, integrated and complete. Oozes class and complexity in a scent filled with cassis, black fruits, spearmint, hints of choco-mint, Aussie bush, earth and veneer oak. The palate delivers all that the scent promises: layers of dense, fine, juicy cabernet tannins in league with ripe, sweet fruit, earth, bush, jalapeño and featuring a wild herbal-edged finish. Now–2035 Murray Street Greenock Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 86%, G 95 Cabernet Franc 9%, Malbec 4%, Merlot 1% 2022 Purple-crimson. At first on the riper, richer cabernet side, bringing fruit cake and dried fruits to the aroma alongside dark plum and berries, chocolate, spice, earth, vanillin oak, twig/leaf and a splash of dried herbs. Arrives balanced on the palate, integrated, with an added note of black olive smoky savouriness. Finely, savoury tannin textured and featuring well-handled oak. Now–2038
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