Hare’s Chase Hare & Hound Cabernet Sauvignon 80%, Shiraz 20% 2022
G 92
Deep crimson. Choco-berry, mint, aniseed, bitumen and hint iodine, cedar aromas. Vigorous, lifted wine with choco-berry, mint and sweet tobacco flavours. Seasoned oak is nicely integrated with chocolaty tannins. Pleasant savoury note on finish. Now–2032 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon South Australia 2024 G 92 Deep crimson. Leafy, blackcurrant, dark cherry aromas with hints of bush garrigue/sage. Well-concentrated juicy blackcurrant, dark cherry, dark plum fruits, firm cedary/sappy tannins and underlying roasted walnut notes. Builds sappy/leafy at the finish with some graphite notes. A dominating structure, but typical of the style. 12 months in a combination of 16% new French (36% seasoned) and 5% new American (43% seasoned) oak hogsheads. Drink now – 2035. 14.5% alc Soul Growers El Mejor Cabernet Sauvignon, Mataro, Shiraz 2024 G 92 Medium-deep crimson. Wax polish, black cherry/kirsch, black olive aromas with bay leaf notes. Fresh cassis, black cherry, herb flavours, fine- grained textures and well-balanced roasted walnut notes. Grainy firm at the finish with some juicy fruit notes. Now–2032 Tarrawatta Wines Ambervale Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 G 92 Deep crimson. Fresh herbal cassis violet aromas with hints of espresso. Inky-deep with plentiful blackcurrant pastille, chinotto, herb flavours, sinewy/grainy tannins and hints of roasted coffee. Grippy at the
finish. Now–2035 Chateau Tanunda Grand Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2024
G 91
Deep crimson. Lifted blackberry, cassis, bush garrigue hint of mocha aromas. Inky-deep and buoyant elemental blackberry, cassis, mocha flavours carried by chewy cedary tannins. Attractive freshness, finishing firm and tight. Now–2030 Gatt Wines High Eden Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 G 91 Deep crimson. Fragrant blackcurrant, graphite, herb aromas with some praline notes. Concentrated cassis, milky chocolate, mocha flavours and loose-knit grainy tannins. Velvety and crispy at the finish. Sturdy with attractive fruit complexity and linear freshness. Now–2034
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