| Variety |
Cabernet Sauv, Merlot, Franc |
| Country |
New Zealand |
| Region |
Hawke's Bay |
| Producer |
Phil Brodie |
| Year |
2019 |
| Volume |
750 mL |
Notes
50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 14% Cabernet Franc. Tasted alongside the 2020 and while they’re obviously similar, there’s more acidity and leafy perfume in the 2021.
Blackcurrant, raspberry and leaf, tobacco, and spicy perfume, pencil/cedar oak. Medium-bodied, tannin sits so nicely within the wine, fresh and long, with classic fragrance in with that. So ‘minerally’ and cool. Very long. Precision and definition mark it out as a wine of class and fine filigreed deliciousness. It’s just so good, energetic, stony and definitely worthy of cellaring. Superb."
95+ Points
Gary Walsh - The Wine Front
