Brown Brothers Patricia Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

A Victorian Cabernet which is more than worth flagship status. The majority of the fruit is sourced from the Bendigo region (61%), with the remainder from the Yarra Valley (30%) and the final 9% from the King Valley. Maturation was for sixteen months in French oak barriques, 39% of them new. Opaque maroon, this is intense, focused and powerful but ever so finely balanced. On the nose, we have aromas weaving through notes of blackberries, cassis, tobacco leaves, dried herbs, aniseed, chocolate, coffee grinds and plums. There is a hint of mint lurking in the background. Superb oak integration throughout, this is seamless and beautifully structured. A good nose, but a better palate. The wine exhibits the silkiest of textures with great length, and finishes with persistence and satiny tannins. So impressive and yet there is room to improve. Enjoy it for at least the next fifteen years.