Henschke Marble Angel Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
G 95
Medium-deep crimson. Fresh blackberry, mocha aromas with underlying marzipan, roasted walnut notes. Generous and supple with ample blackberry pastille, espresso flavours, fine loose-knit chocolaty/ grainy textures, very good mid-palate viscosity and well balanced roasted almond, roasted walnut notes. Builds up Claret-firm at the finish with bittersweet. chinotto notes. 100% 1970s-planted Marble Angel Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Light Pass). Matured in 10% new and 90% seasoned French oak hogsheads for 20 months. Drink 2027–2040 Hentley Farm The Quintessential Shiraz, Cabernet 2023 G 95 The division here is 51% Shiraz and 49% Cabernet Sauvignon. From the Seppeltsfield Vineyard, maturation is for a year and a half in French oak, 20% of new. This is an exciting wine. A gleaming dense, dark magenta hue, this is a powerful style. On the nose, we have notes of chocolate, mocha, tobacco leaves, leather, blackberries and liquorice. The wine is seamless and seductive with impressive length through to abundant tannins which are firm and powdery. A good line of acidity runs the full
length. This is a 15–year proposition. Drink now–2040 Hoffmann Family Vineyards North Dallwitz Block Shiraz 2018
G 95
Deep crimson. Deeply set mulberry, blackberry, dark cherry, touch vintage port- like aromas. Massively concentrated and richly flavoured with blackberry apricot aniseed flavours, chocolaty textures, lovely mid-palate density and fresh linear acidity. Liquorice, wood smoke notes at the finish. Not for the faint-hearted or the pinot dilettante but very expressive nonetheless. Drink now–2050 Hutton Vale Single Vineyard Grenache, Mataro 2022 G 95 Medium crimson. Fresh musky plum, blackberry pastille, with espresso notes. Only deep musky plum, blackberry pastille fruits, and fine slinky textures. Finishes minerally and crisp. Lovely early drinking style. 14.9% alc Drink now–2030 Hutton Vale Single Vineyard Shiraz 2021 G 95 Medium-deep crimson. Roasted chestnut, blackberry, touch minty/ cedar, sandalwood aromas. Supple and chocolaty with blackberry brambly/ sage notes. Finishes gravelly and long. Very buoyant and fresh with a long animated structure. 15% alc. Drink 2028–2040
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