Frankland Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

It seems that the glories of the 2023 vintage can be found in wine regions across the State. First plantings for the team went into the ground in 1988, in their Isolation Ridge Vineyard, and includes the Cabernet Sauvignon vines which provided the fruit for this wine. After an extended maceration, maturation was in 500-litre French oak puncheons. Dark maroon in colour, this is a slightly austere style with notes of tobacco leaves, warm earth, blackberries, dusty cocoa powder, plums, graphite, herbs and beef stock. There are hints of sour cherries on the finish. The wine is of medium to good length, quite a powerful and muscular style, finishing with firm, furry tannins. It can easily be cellared for the next decade and will continue to improve over that period.