Driftwood Wines Margaret River Single Site Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Classic blackcurrant, mint, smoky cedar meets leafy, herbals in this elegant Margaret River red. The Margs’ Cabernet style is all about plushness of fruit that is instantly appealing, not to mention immediately varietally recognisable. It cannot be anything else but Cabernet. Stunning colour in the glass in glistening dark plum-purple. Aromas are heady offering a herbal/autumnal, black-berried complexity. Eighteen months maturation in French oak adds another delicious layer of flavour, complimented by fine, sapid tannins and a soft mineral salinity. Is that the nearby Indian Ocean playing a mineral role in the finished wine, or mere suggestion? I’d like to think it’s the former.