Charles Reuben Cabernet Sauvignon The Cellar Block 2024
- 92
- $55
- Drink by: 2026-2044
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A wine that at this early stage is all about structure and hidden promise. It keeps its cards close to its chest, which is not unusual in Tasmanian Cabernet Sauvignon, but something that is possibly more emphasised in cool, wet, slow-ripening vintages such as 2024. Keep this in mind and consider further cellaring as it slowly gathers itself together. A deep, dark, brooding kind of Cabernet, vibrant in black berries and fruits, leaf and herbals on the aroma. The palate is assertive, sturdy in tannin – it saw 18 months in oak – and leaves little doubt as to the variety with its classic cool climate mix of cassis, redcurrant, black berries, bramble, jalapeño, red pepper, leafy Aussie bush characters, hints of hazelnut oak and deep spice. A commanding tannin presence. Give it time.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
