Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2022
G 96+
G 96
From a more classic growing season, also showed the benefit of an extra year of bottle age with attractive dark berry fruits, a touch of praline and herb garden. The structure is also fine grained, a touch weightier than the 2022, but finishing firm and long. The cabernet (66%) dominates, but the shiraz also complements the framework beautifully.Terre à Terre’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon series is based on the best parcels of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and shiraz. The wines are more strident and dense, reflecting the selection process and the need for sufficient concentration and flavour to work with 100% new oak maturation. Drink 2028– 2038 G 96 Deep crimson. Fine and detailed aromas of fruit pastilles and black olive with wafts of old leather and roasted walnut oak. Well proportioned with a compact core of gravel and blackcurrant flavour accented by weighty tannins. Elegantly proportioned and compact before delivering a long and well defined finish. Classically styled and exceptional value. Drink 2032–2043
Aged in seasoned French oak for 14 months, it’s elemental and vigorous (as it should be) with a classical claret-like structure. It was also the highlight of four vintages (2014,2018,2021 & 2022). Intense cassis/ pure blackcurrant, blackberry hint brambly fruits are underpinned by fine-grained cedary/ firm tannins and roasted walnut, hint mocha notes. The Shiraz part of the blend (43%) brings an overall roundness and mid palate buoyancy. The wine has excellent flow and torque, suggesting a long life ahead in the cellar. Drink 2028–2042
Terre à Terre Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
G 96+
Is a cracker, but an idiosyncratic wine; much in the same way as Bordeaux’s Château Tertre Roteboeuf. It’s the type of claret style that would win a prize in the Australian Burgundy classes of yore. Voluminous and inky deep, it show lifted cassis, cedar, dried apricot, hint wood varnish aromas and flavours, fine supple/slinky textures and well-integrated roasted chestnut notes. This is a terrific ‘vin de garde’ with all the elements for long term ageing. A high water mark for Terre à Terre. Drink 2032–2048
G 96
G 96
Deep crimson. Blackberry, hint elderberry, chinotto, praline aromas and flavours with attractive roasted chestnut, vanilla crème brûlée notes, fine chocolaty textures and superbly integrated oak. Impressively balanced with plenty of years ahead. Drink 2030–2048
Deep crimson. A classic with poised and focused aromas of graphite and cassis with a strong leafy lift with balanced oak. Excellent volume of flavour, again compact and focused driving through to a long, linear finish. Serious stuff. Drink 2026–2040
Yalumba The Menzies Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
G 96
Brand & Sons Sanctuary Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot 2021
G 96
Medium-deep crimson. Intense cassis, dark cherry, mulberry, vanilla, mint aromas with hints of stone fruit. Expressive claret-style with pure blackcurrant, dark cherry fruits, classical grainy firm tannins, some roasted chestnut vanilla notes and well- integrated fresh linear acidity. Lovely mid-palate inky density and complexity. Finishes cedary/ spicy with graphite/ leafy notes. A reference Coonawarra Cabernet that should continue to age very well. 18 months’ maturation in 20% new and seasoned French and Hungarian hogsheads. Drink now–2035
Deep crimson with a strong claret feel as it radiates with graphite and fruit pastille aromas with excellent purity and quality oak, everything well controlled, refined and in its place. Generously proportioned yet fine powdery tannins provide excellent support to rivers of fresh and vibrant flavour that build to a lengthy finish. Very young but very good. Drink 2028–2040
Balnaves of Coonawarra Shiraz 2021
G 95
Heirloom Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
G 96
Deep crimson. Poised blackberry, black olive, fruit pastille with roasted clove and walnut complexity. Excellent tension and drive, as chalky textures underpin fine rivers of flavour with excellent balance and length. A benchmark Coonawarra Shiraz that will cellar well. Drink 2028–2040
Medium-deep crimson. Poised aromas of blackberry, chocolate, and dried herbs with old leather notes. Fresh blackcurrant and gravel flavours, deep firm tannins before a long structural finish. Impressive stuff. Drink 2030–2040
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The Vintage Journal – Regional Focus
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