Description
"The 2023 vintage is a fantastic year which is characterised by exceptional detail and perfume with fleshy fruit, lots of fine ripe tannin and length. Hand-picked from our oldest and most exceptional parcels of dry-grown cabernet, the Block 5 was fermented in small parcels including concrete tank and matured in French oak hogshead barrels. Dark saturated berry aromas, including blackberry and cherry. There is violets and florals, along with a vanilla pod sweetness. The palate is long and deeply flavoured with more dark berries. Fine tannins with an ironstone, graphite line running through the wine." - Winemaker Notes
"There’s a haunting beauty to this wine. Pure dark cherry, cassis with violet florals, understated light minty notes, dashes of white pepper, clove, a bit of turned earth and tobacco here, too. The wine is so very compact, tannins so very fine and high quality, the length of the wine exceptional, persistent in faint grip, spice, earth and blue/black fruit characters. The compact nature of the wine coupled to its refreshment factor is just outstanding. Unreal.” - 96 Points (Special Value), Mike Bennie, Halliday Wine Companion
