Taylors St. Andrews Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
G 94
Hits the savoury dial and turns it up, making for a richly embroidered, full-bodied and full flavoured Cabernet. Aromas are cedary with black olive tapenade, ripe cassis and dark plum, briar, dried leaves, earth and mint. Well-fleshed palate shaped in firm oak tannins and cedary oak sees attractive dark cherry-berry, cassis fruits folded through toasted spices, black olive, smoked goods and leather. Cola notes surge towards the finish. A wine yet to hit its straps. Give it time. Drink now–2035
Tim Adams Watervale Cabernet, Malbec 2018
G 94
Deep, dark colours, savoury, earthy, well-aged and looking mighty ready for the dinner table. Captures the charm and complexity reminiscent of the old Leasingham Cabernet Malbecs which Tim Adams had a role in making as a young winemaker. It is upfront, honest, revealing the depth and breadth of concentrated flavour that the blend can give after two years’ maturation in French oak and cellaring. Ripe black fruits, cassis and dark plum and anise go hand in hand with leather, earth and undergrowth, black olive tapenade and woody spiced oak. It’s a full-bodied, savoury tannined expression, finishing long and clean. Drink now–2034 Topé P&R Cabernet Sauvignon 2023 G 94 A fine-edged, young Cabernet from a 497-metre high-altitude vineyard at Hill River with an impressive elegance on show. Aussie bush scents mix with leaf, mint, dried herbs, black fruits, cassis and lilac, violet florals. It’s a pretty mental picture that comes to life when tasted. Beautifully composed, the palate is built around a core of taut tannins and ripe fruit, herbs, spice and vanillin oak and ever so lightly tweaked in regional mint. Drink now–2030 Topé Haus of Warr Mataro 2023 G 94 Sourced from vines that were 103 years old when the wine was made, Haus of Warr also carries a $103 price tag. That’s synergy! With fruit from the Sevenhill sub- region, it comes with pedigree, flows easily, and with vine age comes a complex subtlety that the winemaker has respected. This is a wine that doesn’t have to yell to make its point. Sanguine, lightly savoury with brooding dark fruits and dark spices, wild herbs, earth and gently spiced, it comes framed in fine tannins. Fresh through the finish and lingering. Drink now–2030 Wines by KT Melva Riesling 2025 G 94 Wild fermentation introduces an added layer of complexity to Melva Watervale Riesling. Wild herbs, Thai basil, rockpool notes and almond with lime curd, grapefruit and apple roam widely across a middle palate that is creamy, pillowy and open with a light savoury expression before finishing brisk and perky. Drink now–2031
South Australia Wine Guide 2026 | Clare Valley
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