Skillogalee Trevarrick Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
G 95
Solid, deep purple-black hues. There’s neither issue in colour nor in the obvious power of an aroma wielding dark, oak-derived spice, sandalwood, solid black fruits, cassis, dark roasting herbs, earth and spice. Impressive ripe, well composed fruit intensity to taste with a sprinkling of dark cocoa and bay leaf adding that something extra. Fine tannins run long and deep with a seamless journey to the finish. Still has a lot to give and will reward further ageing. Drink now–2040 Sussex Squire JRS The Sussex Squire Shiraz 2022 G 95 “The best of the best” from the producer’s dry-grown vineyards, which is aged in 100% new French oak for 24 months. Take it as read that this is a serious young Shiraz, and while it is certainly approachable now, the best is yet to come. Beautifully fragrant in violet, eastern spices, anise, cassia bark, ripe black fruits and high tone vanillin oak. Sweeping fine tannins help spread concentrated fruit flavour and toasted spices building as it gathers pace with oak, earth and leather notes developing towards the finish. Impressive. Drink now–2036 Sussex Squire JRS The Sussex Squire Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 G 95 Only 600 bottles were produced of Sussex Squire’s top Cabernet sourced from the Samuel Block in Armagh from 40-plus-year-old dry-grown vines. It is well- credentialed and comes to the glass fragrant, layered and deeply concentrated. Layers of dense fine Cabernet tannins sit firmly against a background of blackberry, plum and cassis, high spice, Aussie bush, eucalyptus, undergrowth, earth and smart, polished oak. It’s early days for this complex, nicely crafted youngster, which is built for further time in bottle. Drink now–2038
Taylors The Visionary Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
G 95
Not the easiest of vintages, with drought conditions and high to extreme summer temperatures leading into harvest. Ripe boysenberry, blueberry, red fruits, cassis and earthy, Aussie bush and spice scents. There’s a lively juiciness to taste against a background of well-proportioned tannins, cedary, wood spiced oak, briar-leaf note and concentrated fruit. It is both flavoursome and well-structured, finishing with some serious oak influenced tannin dryness. Wouldn’t mind a run in the cellar. Drink now–2038 Taylors St Andrews Shiraz 2021 G 95 Clare Valley’s signature red grape variety in an exceptional vintage – it doesn’t get much better than that. Impenetrable, dark crimson-red hues. Sweet scents rise from the glass in toasty oak, ripe berries, sweet baking spices, black liquorice. Well balanced, this robust wine is built on a core of ripe, sweet black-berried fruit, cocoa, liquorice, menthol and earth. Comes together on a bed of solid tannins. In other words, it’s all Clare Valley. Still a pup, youthful and ready to go, but it is also built for further time in bottle. Your call. Drink now–2035
South Australia Wine Guide 2026 | Clare Valley
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