Leconfield DGR Cabernet Shiraz 2022

DGR? Well, it stands for “damn good red” and I have to agree—that’s what it is. This one comes from the prized Terra Rossa soils of Coonawarra. It is everything you might expect from these varieties from this region. Cabernet and Shiraz sit together so well, and when you get a good year like 2022 in Coonawarra, the results are superb. Aromas of leafy blackcurrant with a little bay leaf, like black cherry. The palate has the strength of Cabernet with the plushness of Shiraz, and it comes together in an elegant and almost effortlessly structured expression of the two varieties. It’s full-bodied towards medium, but the power and the intensity are evident from the start. One of tremendous length and persistence.