Sevenhill St. Ignatius Cabernet, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec 2021
G 95
A Bordeaux blend – Cabernet, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec – from a top year, and it’s a magical combination. Serious in deep crimson hues, equally serious in its exploration of complexity, melding each grape’s strong points. Ripe black berries, plum, blue fruits, violet, briar and black pepper join forces to present a wine that is both fleshy and dense with a black fruited intensity, finishing structural and firm. Excellent concentration throughout, guided by fine, sandpaper tannins. So smart. Drink now–2035 Sevenhill Open Range Grenache 2022 G 95 Great youthful bright colour in vivid crimson. A fragrance, lifted in maraschino cherry, fresh raspberries, rosemary and dried herbs with a hint of zesty orange peel, reveals one seriously elegant, expressive Grenache. It is immediately backed up by a palate medium in body and gently undulating in fruit, spice and fine sandy tannins. It flows effortlessly. Drink now–2034 Sevenhill 27 Miles Riesling 2023 G 95 Firmly in the Clare Valley Riesling zone with an intensity of pure lime essence. The fragrance offers the scent of citrus blossom, lime zest, Bickford’s cordial, green apple and jasmine. The palate is fleshed out in deep citrus flavours of lime, grapefruit, lemon sorbet, musk with a good concentration and tension. The beauty of a top vintage is captured and delivered in tangy, mouth-watering acidity. Drink now–2035 Skillogalee Trevarrick Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 G 95 Bay leaf, mocha, polished blackberry and blackcurrant fruit. A charry note, then gets on the stage, new leather, and turned earth. The delightful choc-mint component opens the way to a filigree of tannins that fills the whole palate and goes beyond. This wine has a rustic shade, just as it wants to show you that things are still developing. Be patient, and you’ll see the whole picture. Drink now–2040 Skillogalee Trevarrick Riesling 2024 G 95 Vibrantly cool, finely tuned lemon verbena, sage leaf, Ambrosia apple, jasmine, and pink grapefruit. It shows an energetic palate in all its Z factor, as in zingy and zappy. I love its juiciness, aromaticity, and character. It has a head and tail and delivers. Drink now–2038 Sussex Squire The Hackett Estate Range Shiraz 2022 G 95 Reveals a complex, brooding, dark side of Shiraz, literally and figuratively. Deep purple-magenta in hue, followed by a scent oozing dark plums, blackberry, aniseed, black olive tapenade, cocoa and earth. Unctuous and charming, it offers a deep richness of flavour elevated by a lifted floral presence and smart, appealing vanillin oak. There is detail here, too, something that becomes more apparent with time opened, as dense tannins fully loosen up. Drink now–2034
South Australia 2024
181
Powered by FlippingBook