2022 John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon

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(Coonawarra, South Australia; 100% Cabernet Sauvignon; aged for 17 months in French oak, roughly half hogsheads, half barriques, of which 43% were new; pH 3.6; 13.5% alcohol). Wynns’ flagship wine since its first release in 1982, made in small quantities from the best Cabernet Sauvignon plots in the heart of its terra rossa holdings. Dark, quite spicy but herbal too, with a wild almost moorside heathery note. Black pepper and black berries vie for attention, with a little dark plum and black cherry coming through with aeration. Tight to the spine and linear at first, but just ample enough in form for the fruit to glide and dance, rendering this more sinuous, relaxed and fluid than you first imagine. A beautiful gathered finish renders this once again linear as the fruit tapers to a long distant vanishing point. Stylish and composed with significant aging potential.
96/100 Colin Hay; The Drinks Business

Inky plum in colour, clearly no issues with colour extraction in what was a relatively long and cool growing season. Things are a little earthier on the palate than usual, still with brambled hawthorn and blackberry fruits, tannins young and a little austere but with a ton of fresh capsicum and white pepper spice running through them. 67th vintage of this wine, from the oldest estate in the Coonawarra region. Hold +1 year or carafe 3 hours
92/100 Jane Anson