2021 Cuvee Estate

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Inky plum colour, medium to full intensity. Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot dominant for the first 10 minutes in the glass, with sleek silky tannins, bilberry, blackcurrant, cocoa bean, espresso, fennel, then as it relaxes the floral red roses, white pepper and raspbery leaf of Syrah arrive. Beautiful concentration coupled with pummice stone minerality, will reward ageing but everything is in place to give pleasure straight away. Excellent quality. The 20th anniversary of the flagship Estate Cuvée - and the last one under this name, as it will be changing to Estate Reserve as of the 2022 vintage. 90% new oak for ageing. Winemaker Chloé Asseo.
97/100 Jane Anson

(Paso Robles; 50% Syrah; 30% Cabernet Sauvignon; 20% Petit Verdot; 14.9% alcohol; 20th anniversary bottling in blue; tasted with Swann Dufeu from L’Aventure at CVBG). A slightly cooler vintage overall. Selected from the very best parcels. Plump, plush; rich and plummy. Damson; black raspberry; a little blueberry too; a hint of sloe. Lithe. More ample and rolling. Big textured and nicely layered. Dense but beautifully crystalline. A pleasing note of cedar, a little pine resin and acacia too. A hint of eucalyptus. Ethereal and quite vertical and lifted despite the palpable mid-palate density. Incense, tinder box, sweet spices and black pepper. Granular on the finish, this is a big, punchy wine with lovely crumbly limestone tannins once again. Hedonistic on the attack, but fresher on the finish.
97/100 Colin Hay; The Drinks Business