Tarrawatta Ambervale Cabernet Sauvignon (75cl, 14.9%)

A red wine made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon from old vines planted in 1968 in Eden Valley, South Australia. Tarrawatta acquired the historic Ambervale vineyard in 2017, where red loam soils over deep gravelly clay contribute mineral complexity and natural concentration from low-yielding old vines. Maturation uses 20% new French oak. The nose opens with dark cassis and blackberry, then cedarwood, tobacco leaf, violets, forest floor, black truffle and pine resin. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe currant, sour plum, blue fruits, graphite and wet gravel, with minty herbs, eucalyptus and fine, medium-velvety tannins. The finish is bright, with lingering cassis and a faint trace of iodide.