New Release 2020 Palladian Cabernet Sauvignon
The product of the shortest and most intense vintage recorded in 25 years of Fraser Gallop Estate’s history, the latest release Palladian Cabernet Sauvignon will be a coveted addition to your cellar collection.
“The cabernet sauvignon looked incredible with the darkest most intense colours we’ve seen ever all thanks to the smallest berries we’ve seen. The tannin levels were high due to the thicker skins. The reds looked fresh and vibrant as we didn’t allow the grapes to desiccate to raisins in the hotter-than-normal vintage and picked them earlier to retain freshness and the wines looked better for it. These will be incredibly long-term cellaring wines.”
- Clive Otto, Winemaker
TASTING NOTES
Fragrant nose of cedar, mulberries, cherries, blueberries, vanilla and mint leaves. Lifted dark cherry notes and some dark plum, too. A solid dense mouthfeel but still in the elegant frame, more tannin and body this year, a more structured wine. Mid-palate juiciness will develop in time. Black and red fruits are dominant with nougat and tobacco. Some oak spice on the finish.
Medium- to full-bodied and well-framed, with tight-knit tannins giving it a firm and focused backbone behind the dark berry fruit. Composed and elegant.
RRP: $140 Members: $112
“Fragrant nose of cedar, mulberries, cherries, blueberries, vanilla and mint leaves. Medium- to full-bodied and well-framed, with tight-knit tannins giving it a firm and focused backbone behind the dark berry fruit. Composed and elegant.”
95 points, James Suckling
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