Leconfield DGR Cabernet Shiraz 2022

From a favourite Coonawarra winery, this is a very fine example of the great Aussie blend – Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz – and hails from an excellent vintage for the region. DGR stands for Damn Good Red, which most of us would take to mean the wine itself, but you can go further and think of that famed terra rossa soil. An inky dark but vibrant purple, this is a wonderful Coonawarra red, with the Cabernet very much to the fore at the moment. The aromas weave through tobacco leaves, blackberries, herbs, cigar boxes, graphite and spices. Seamless in structure, this has serious length, finishing with abundant and quite firm, youthful tannins. Chocolate/cherry notes emerge on the palate and the oak is integrating well. This is built for the long haul, twenty years if you have the patience and the cellar, but it will provide plenty of pleasure along the way.