2020 Chapel Hill Gorge Block Cabernet Sauvignon
G 96
Medium crimson. Intense blackcurrant, ferruginous aromas with underlying marzipan notes. Pure fruited and vigorous Cabernet with beautiful blackcurrant pastille, Parma violet flavours, fine loose-knit/ al dente tannins and well balanced marzipan, roasted chestnut notes. Builds muscular firm with a lovely inky plume at the finish. Impressive definition and vinosity. 2025–2035+ 2021 Elderton Ashmead Cabernet Sauvignon G 95 A particularly attractive modern Australian claret style with inky cassis chinotto aromas with espresso notes, fine grainy touch grippy tannins, underlying savoury notes and well integrated acidity. It finishes firm and Deep crimson. Lovely blackcurrant pastille, roasted chestnut, marzipan aromas with hints of bush garrigue. Dense and compact with plentiful cassis, dark cherry fruits, fine slinky/grainy tannins, attractive mid- palate volume and well integrated new oak complexity. Finishes grainy firm with fresh acidity at the finish. Still elemental but will unfold and develop really well. The bush garrigue/sage notes give an appealing ethereal freshness. Keep for a while. 2026–2038 2021 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Glengyle Cabernet Sauvignon G 95 long with lovely sweet fruit notes. 2026–2035 2020 Wynns Coonawarra Estate John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon G 95 Deep crimson. Fragrant violet, pure cassis aromas with hints of dark chocolate. Expressive wine with blackcurrant, Parma violet, touch cedar flavours, fine grainy/al dente and sinuous tannins, attractive density and well balanced marzipan, roasted chestnut oak notes and fresh crisp acidity. Finishes sinewy with bittersweet cacao notes. Delicious minerally wine with seductive pure cassis notes. Now–2034 2020 Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon G 95 Opens with an intense bouquet of cassis, blackberry and blue fruits, toast, cedar and cigar box with floral overtones and a hint of eucalypt. The palate is intense yet with an attractive core of blackcurrant supported by polished vanillin tannins. Classically structured and well balanced, this is already drinking well, but will reward 10+ years in the cellar. Now– 2035
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