Region: Clare Valley 

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon 

What's in the glass: Blackcurrant, tobacco, menthol and cedar, toasty nutty oak. It’s medium-bodied, good intensity of small dark berry fruit, though it feels kind of sheath-like, as in you are getting the outside of a wine and there’s not quite enough stuffing inside. Tobacco, blackberry and blackcurrant, a bit sharp and tangy, with an iodine-laced finish of good length. It offers a certain cool blue fruited structural and rain-washed mineral charm, and I reckon it will age very well, though it’s something of a sideshow compared to the usual Wendouree Cabernet. Date: July 2025; Alcohol: 13.3%; Closure: Screwcap; Drink: 2027-2043+; Rated: 93+ Points; Gary Walsh; The Wine Front

Farming: Sustainable 

Vegan Friendly: Yes