| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | Australia > Western Australia > Margaret River |
| Colour | Red |
| Type | Still |
The 2022 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon hails from a warm and dry vintage in Margaret River, one that is showing to be a very high-quality Cabernet vintage. The palate shows a pure core of raspberry and blood orange, nori and raw cocoa, even chinotto-esque in its leanings, with bramble and forest floor, graphite and cracked fennel seed. This is a velvety, tightly controlled, compact and excellent wine. The oak shows ever so slightly on the nose, in the form of malt biscuit and aniseed. This will be quickly subsumed by the fruit in a short time. The wine will be released April/May 2025. Drink: 2025-2042
A really great release that is quite elegant and perfumed. Aromas of blackcurrants, fresh plums, graphite, blackberries and dried herbs with tobacco and tomato leaves, cocoa beans, licorice and violets. The medium- to full-bodied palate has firmly framed yet finely tuned tannins and a plush, savory profile. There's a mineral edge here with purity of fruit and plenty of time left in bottle. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
A warm and relatively dry growing season made for excellent Cabernet wines out of 2022. Ripe sweet plum, mulberry and savoury cedar open precedings followed by black olive, black tea leaf and graphite. A swirl of the glass unlocks tilled earth, warm gravel, and petrichor culminating in an aromatic profile of depth, complexity and concentration. The palate has brillant intensity, with a burst of blackcurrant, mulberry and plum supported by savoury notes of earth, pencil lead, olive tapenade and subtle bay leaf. All of this swept up in a firm sheath of gravelly graphite-laced tannins and black fruited acidity drawing long length and freshness through a poised finish. This balances elegance and power, with incredible complexity along the way. A brilliant wine built to last. Drink: 2030-2044
