Redman Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
G 94
Deep ruby colour. This is a delight from the cool 2023 vintage with its pristine and pure aromas of cassis and redcurrants with a strong and leafy lift and impressive composure. Lightweight but well framed by acidity and tannins backing fruit pastille flavours and a leafy core. Great winemaking and balance on show before finishing with a long and quite seamless finish. Great work for 2023. Drink 2027–2038 Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz 2023 G 94 Medium to deep ruby in colour opening up with quite beautiful aromatics of graphite red earth backed by sweet blackcurrant fruit laced with spice. Medium weight with a firm tannin backbone that holds everything in check – blackberry, gravel and tarry flavours delivered in a package that shows genuine finesse balance before building to a perfumed finish. Drink 2028–2035 Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2024 G 94 This finely tuned 2024 Wrattonbully Sauvignon Blanc offers up delicate layers of guava and apple aromas with gentle oak very much in the background. Zippy acidity keeps flavours tight and focused, retaining that delicacy over a long, citrus- accented finish with whisper of smoke. Charming with plenty of potential to build in bottle. Drink 2027–2032 Zema Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 G 94 Impenetrable deep ruby colour. Dense aromas of blackcurrant, fruit compote and blackberry with dark chocolate nuances and a firm edge of sweet oak. Highly expressive and densely flavoured with rivers of blackcurrant and plummy flavours with deep-set tannins and firm acidity. So youthful, vibrant and built for the long term. Drink 2030–2042 Zema Estate Saluti Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz 2016 G 94 Still deeply coloured and a wine made to impress, despite its nice years of age, with opulent mix of fruit and oak, as sweet cassis and cloves with a jammy edge are topped by some savoury lines of spice and dried herbs, with toasty coconut oak in strong support. Full-bodied and full-flavoured, with fleshy sweet fruits and firm edged tannins, this is a little old-fashioned in style, but has plenty to deliver to fans of big Coonawarra over the next decade. Drink now–2035
240
The Vintage Journal
Powered by FlippingBook