Cape Mentelle Explorer’s Blend Petit Verdot Cabernet Merlot 2024

This was a warm vintage in Margaret River, and yet the quality of the red wines certainly hasn’t suffered. In fact, they’re some of the best in recent years. These combine power and poise in an elegant expression of this combination of fruit. Loads of leafy black currant. Rich dark plum and a decent sprinkle of spices. Palate is most intriguing with its combination of those primary black currant fruits with a slightly meaty, peppery character that gives it real lift and definition. It’s all harnessed with firm, slightly grainy tannins and a decent hit of oak. So yes, you can drink it in the short term, but it does have plenty of time in the cellar ahead of it.