Longview Devil’s Elbow Adelaide Hills Cabernet 2021

Estate fruit from 28-year-old vines, all from the Old Reynella clone, is fermented in open vats/tanks for two weeks, before the wine spends fifteen months maturing in older French puncheons, just 10% new. An opaque purple hue, the aromas work through tobacco leaves, chocolate, leather, plums, black fruits, hints of campfire notes and cassis. There is the merest whiff of the dry vegetation character which Cabernet often offers, along with the variety’s traditional austerity. This is youthful and fresh now, but is built for the long haul. Good concentration and balance, there are fine but firm tannins. Notes of black cherries emerge on the finish. A cracking local cooler climate Cabernet, which will provide a decade’s pleasure.