Warramunda Estate Liv Zak Block One Yarra Valley 2019
- 91
- $45
- Drink by: 2021-2027
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Cabernet franc and petit verdot like each other, but generally not quite this much. We are more used to seeing them as team Bordeaux players making red blends with cabernet sauvignon, merlot and malbec. Liv Zak has pulled them from the Bordeaux line and given them their own starring role. Block One’s alluring scent showcases the noted floral aromas of both grapes mixed with black cherry, plum, dried herbs and pepper.
An interplay of varieties ensues on the palate, creating an integrated patchwork of flavours and textural sensations of generous red fruits, briar, wintergreen, pepper, fused with warm woodsy-mocha oak. Petit verdot is noted for its strong tannins and full body. Both come into play to send this wine out into the world.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
