2021 Moss Brothers Fidium Cabernet Sauvignon
G 93
Lifted bouquet of blackcurrant, black olive and red plum. Supple and plush, offering bright cassis fruit overlying a backbone of fine, al dente tannins. Well structured with good freshness and a long finish. Now–2033+ 2021 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon G 93 Deep crimson. Lifted cassis, plum, praline, bush garrigue aromas. Generous and supple textured with plentiful choco-berry mint flavours, fine grainy al dente chewy tannins, attractive inky density and underlying savoury notes. Finishes firm, tight and minerally with leafy notes. Elegant, well defined and impactful regional-all-sorts wine. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra, Wrattonbully, McLaren Vale, Padthaway, Barossa Valley, Adelaide. 12 months’ maturation, 67% one-year-old seasoned, 25% new American and 12% new French oak hogsheads. Now–2023 2021 Penfolds CWT 521 Chinese Winemaking Trial Cabernet Sauvignon Marselan G 93 Medium-deep crimson. Lovely blackcurrant pastille, black ink, slaty touch leafy/brambly/cedar aromas. A hint of exotic medjool dates. Richly flavoured wine with abundant blackcurrant, dark plum, sweet date flavours, fine loose-knit chalky/graphite tannins and underlying savoury/vanilla notes. Finishes long and bittersweet with a fine plume of tannins. Impressively fresh and distinctive wine with very good fruit definition, suppleness and length. A touch sweet on the mid-palate but savoury/cedar-y nuances and a flourish of acidity and heat tighten up the wine towards the back palate. A new expression for Penfolds but a very good pathfinding wine that captures the essence of discovery while adhering to technical excellence and, to some extent, house style. Quite a success. 95% new French oak. Now–2032 2021 Salomon Estate Dark Pearl Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot G 93 Opens with cassis and savoury earthy undertones. Medium-bodied and classically structured with a plush plummy mid-palate supported by a fine line of bright acidity and ripe tannins in support. A subtle thread of mint completes the picture. Now–2036 2020 Salomon Estate Finniss River Braeside Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon G 92 Fragrant bouquet of blackcurrant, mint and eucalypt. Big, juicy and plush, offering an opulent, open-knit structure, vibrant blackcurrant pastille to the finish. Now–2033
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