Description
"The 2021 Cyril Henschke cabernet is one of the best I’ve tasted. Deep, dark red with a faint tinge of purple and the bouquet has cedar/cigarbox, smoky creosote and underneath is a richness of sweet ripe blackberry cabernet fruit. Intense, focused, powerful and yet elegant, this is medium-full bodied and far from a blockbuster, but has concentrated cabernet flavour that draws out neatly in a really long aftertaste. A top-notch cabernet with years ahead of it." - 96 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
"Hails from a block planted in the 1960s and the 1980s. The vineyard is planted east-west, with vertical shoot positioned trellising, and the straw mulch underneath the vines assists in bringing out the most expression possible. Fermentation involves very gentle cap management to withdraw gentle tannins from the wine. It matured for 18 months in French oak. The nose leads with violets and crushed rocks, dried herbs and ancient, dusty earth. The wine takes me to the ancient gums and rocky outcrops of the Eden valley, a place I am incredibly fond of. This is the loveliest Cyril Henschke Cabernet Sauvignon I can recall—sleek and evocative." - 95 Points, Erin Larkin, Robert Parker Wine Advocate
