Vintage
2022
ABV
14.5%
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
As we head to the vineyards with our shiny new buckets to put the juicy berries in; we dream of the perfect blackberry pie that will be made from the fruit that we pick. Wafts of fresh baked pastry; macerated blackberry flavours and the texture of clotted cream… now that’s our Blackberry Patch Cabernet!
Exuberant Cassis, dark plum and obviously Blackberry fruits aligning with enveloping, refined-yet-generous Cigar Box tannins.
This is accented with the perfumed cedary notes derived from the oak our wine is matured in. The result; a wine with elegance and poise.
Accolades
• Gold Medal – China Wine & Spirits Awards Best Value 2025
• Silver Medal – Women's Wine & Spirits Awards 2025
• Silver Medal – AWC Vienna International Wine Challenge 2025
• 93 points – WinePilot.com, Ken Gargett, Nov 2024 “No one is coming here seeking a Bordeaux-like clone of Cabernet, all structure and school prefect. They want flavour. Endless gobs of bad boy flavour – black fruits, chocolate, cassis and more. And that is exactly what this warmer climate Cab gives them. A maroon/garnet hue, the nose offers all that already mentioned, plus notes of tobacco leaves, liquorice, cloves and delicatessen meats, along with a gentle hint of oak. It might be the power of suggestion, but the wine really does deliver blackberries in spades. There is good focus and impressive length with good grip from the sleek tannins. A lingering finish is the final tick. Enjoy for the next eight to ten years. Cellaring a case of this will bring no regrets.”
• 93 points - WineOrbit.co.nz, Sam Kim, March 2025 - " It's splendidly expressed, with aromas of dark plum, blackberry, thyme, fennel, and toasted nuts. The palate delivers excellent weight and fine texture, well supported by loads of polished tannins, making it beautifully structured and harmonious. At its best: now to 2034.”
