Brand & Sons Silent Partner Cabernet Sauvignon Coonawarra 2022

This superb Limited Release Coonawarra Cabernet is dedicated to one of the nice guys of the Australian wine industry, the much missed Jim Brand. He would have been very happy with it, of that I have no doubt. First made in 2005, the family use vines planted back around 1985. Maturation was for twenty-two months in oak from a range of coopers. 510 dozen made. A dark crimson maroon colour with aromas of plums, mint, mocha, coffee beans and blackberries. The oak is deftly handled and we see notes of graphite, cloves, soy and black fruits on the palate. Finely balanced, there are abundant tannins, reasonably firm, with excellent length. Put this away for the next three to four years and then drink for the following ten.