Château Tanunda 50 Year Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Old vine Cabernet is under-represented in the Barossa Valley – indeed, fifty year old Cabernet vines make up less than 2% of all plantings. The vines which provided the grapes for this wine are from Bethany, the first village settled in the Barossa. Similar treatment to the Shiraz, but just 18 months in oak. It seems that Cabernet is more vintage dependent than Shiraz in this region. The colour is dark maroon. The nose offers spices, tobacco leaves, black fruits, coffee grinds, dried herbs and cocoa powder. There are abundant tannins here, giving the wine its firmness. Very good length here, this is a well-structured wine. A little burly at this very early stage, this is undoubtedly a wine which will benefit from a few years in the cellar before opening, and from a good decant when you do. Drink for eight to ten years from there.