The Vintage Journal - McLaren Vale Guide 2022

Richard Hamilton Wines Hut Eleven 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon $38

G 93

Medium deep crimson. Fresh cassis, black cherry fruits with herbal notes. Inky deep cassis/ blackcurrant flavours, chocolaty dry tannins, and underlying savoury notes before finishing chewy and bittersweet. Expressive claret-style wine with ample sweet fruit notes and attractive vigour. Drink now–2030 14.5% alc Wirra Wirra Church Block 2021 Cabernet Shiraz Merlot $25 G 93 Deep crimson. Chinotto, cassis, dark plum aromas with Parma violet notes. Cassis/ blackcurrant, plum, hint peppercorn flavours with chalky/ grainy tannins. A modern, vibrant wine with some savoury notes. Drink now–2035 Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Understudy 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon $26 G 92 Deep crimson. Intense elderberry, blackcurrant, hint leafy aromas with mocha and a touch of crème brûlée complexity. Sweet and savoury wine with ample dark berry fruits, lovely chalky/ grainy tannins and underlying vanilla. Claret firm finish with some cola/ sarsaparilla complexity. Drink now–2030 Hugh Hamilton Wines The Villain 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon $35 G 92 Medium deep crimson. Intense black cherry, blackcurrant, roasted walnut aromas with leafy herb garden notes. Fresh and buoyant with plentiful cassis, black cherry mulberry fruits, grainy tannins and underlying savoury oak notes. Grippy firm finish with light aniseed complexity. Drink now–2030 14.6% alc Inkwell Pressure Drop 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon $40 G 92 Medium deep crimson. Plush, rich and sweet aromas of liquorice allsorts, chocolate and blood plums with dried herb notes. Forceful with generous inky blackberry, dark cherry with mouthfilling volume – tannins firms yet fine building toward a strong finish. Drink now–2028 Inkwell Black and Blue Fortified Late Harvest 2019 Zinfandel $80 G 92 Impenetrable ruby. Decadent chocolate, aniseed, prune with lifted violet notes and dusty oak. Deeply flavoured and plush with opulent, choco- blackberry, jam and new leather with sweetness well balanced and supple, silky tannins. Exotic and unique. Drink now–2030 16.8% alc

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