Hollick Ravenswood Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

This has long been one of the leading premium Coonawarra Cabernets and has been since its first release in 1988. Ravenswood Lane links Hollick’s vineyards of Neilson’s Block and Wilgha. Their best parcels of fruit are used, and they usually come from the oldest vines, 2021 a superb vintage in Coonawarra. The wine spends a year and a half maturing in French oak. An inky maroon hue, there is certainly oak evident at this early stage, but it is well in the process of integration. There are notes of chocolate, mint, tobacco leaves, blackberries, aniseed and a dusting of cocoa powder. Linear in structure, this has focus and a fine line of acidity, with abundant, sleek tannins. It offers excellent length and should drink wonderfully well for the next twelve to fifteen years, likely longer.