Brown Brothers Patricia Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Brown Brothers spoil us when they release wines like this with five years of age; we get to drink them without having to be patient. There’s aromas of plush blackberries and blueberries. Rocky road with fine dark chocolate, homemade vanilla-scented marshmallows, freeze dried raspberries and lightly toasted coconut.  Intensely concentrated and full-bodied, yet balancing the richness of fruit with an unexpected elegance. The flavours dance between black cherries and plums, dried lavender, black olives, and spicy just-brewed chai tea. This wine wraps you up in the immersive experience of walking through an old-growth forest – the fragrance and calm of earth, wood and verdance. There are high levels of dusty talcum-powder tannins and a bright berry acidity that promises further cellaring will continue to reward; but why wait?

Nicole Bilson

Wine Critic at Winepilot

Nicole loves wine. So much so that she gave up a successful career in Pharmacy, perfected her spitting technique, and moved from sunny Queensland to the wine-drenched laneways of Melbourne. Stints in hospitality, wineries, retail, sales and marketing filled the next few years while Nicole built her knowledge and searched for the right path. She completed the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Diploma in 2016 and became a certified WSET Educator the following year. She now juggles a number of roles including teaching people about wine, curating wines lists for restaurants and bars, judging in Australian wine shows and, of course, writing. In 2016 she won the Negociants Working With Wine writing award and has since contributed to Gourmet Traveller WINE, Halliday Wine Companion Magazine and Nourish Magazine.

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