Hickinbotham Trueman Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 

Elegant from the outset, this has notes of pimiento, bay leaf, subtle balsamic, blackcurrant, decaying leaves, plum and cedar. There’s some subtle earth and flickers of graphite with air, glimmers of dried herbs, and an emergent mineral finesse. Very ambrosial as it all clicks into place. The elegance theme plays through to the palate, which is medium-bodied and gorgeously restrained. Blackcurrant, autumn leaves, plum, graphite, bay leaf, fine cedar, a glimmer of mint. It glides through the mouth with poise and finesse before fine-grained tannins and cooling acidity pull it all to long and elegant length. Yes, elegance is the word, though it’s joined by restraint, complexity and all-round class.