Byron and Harold The Partners Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Another very fine Cabernet Sauvignon from the Great Southern region. Machine harvesting, destemming and crushing into static fermenters for six to eight days cold soaking, before fermentation with twice daily pumping over. Pressed to barrel for malo and then twenty months maturation in French oak. Colour is magenta/purple. The nose does offer a touch of the bell pepper/vegetal notes, which tends to divide the crowd – a real love-it-or-love-it-not-quite-so-much characteristic. Bay leaves and dark berries, leather and cocoa powder, there is good structure here and the focus is impressive. Excellent length too and more dark berries emerge on the palate. With firm tannins, expect this to cellar very well for at least the next six to eight years.