Tasting Notes
Cabernet and Blends Vasse Felix
G 97
Tom Cullity Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec 2019 Medium-deep crimson. Beautifully refined wine with cassis wax polish, mocha espresso aromas. Concentrated blackcurrant, blackberry fruits, plentiful fine chocolaty tannins and well balanced roasted chestnut, espresso notes. Finishes chocolaty and long. Lovely fruit definition, volume and torque. A standout wine. Drink 2026–2038 14.5% alc Forester Estate G 97 Forester Estate Yelverton Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 Medium-deep crimson. Intense blackcurrant cedar aromas with hints of mocha and spice. Superbly concentrated wine with inky, cassis, mocha flavours, fine grainy from tannins, superb mid palate volume and well integrated fresh acidity. Finishes cedar firm with lovely dark berry fruits. A classic Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon with superb fruit and oak balance. Drink now–2035 13.7% alc Brown Hill Estate G 96+ Perseverance Cabernet Merlot 2021 Medium-deep crimson. Attractive dark plum, mulberry, roasted chestnut marzipan aromas. Beautifully balanced wine with inky dark plum, cassis, mulberry fruits, fine sinuous graphite tannins and underlying roasted chestnut, marzipan, hint cedar notes. Finishes grainy firm with star anise notes. An outstanding wine with superb fruit definition, flow and elegance in structure. Cabernet and Merlot in lovely harmony. Drink Rolling Stone Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec 2018 The very serious 2018 Margaret River Bordeaux blend focuses on Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec and, unsurprisingly for the year, delivers powerful aromas of just-ripe blackcurrant, graphite, dried herbs and granite with a strong backing of French oak. It then jumps out of the blocks with lashings of blackberry, blackcurrant and violets, before tightening up to a long, strong, well defined finish with exceptional tannins that are significant yet fine – a real feature. Don’t be tempted for at least another decade. 2032–2043 Facing: ‘Wine Regions of Western Australia’ from The Australian Ark by Andrew Caillard. www.australianark.com now–2032 14% alc McHenry Hohnen G 96
Margaret River
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