Millon Clare’s Secret Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

A single vineyard wine, from the estate’s Armagh Vineyard in the Clare Valley, the vines were planted in 1998. This is from a sensational vintage. Maturation was in French oak barrels including a percentage which were new. Opaque magenta in colour, the wine still exhibits some toasty oak notes, but they have been well handled and merely add to the enjoyment. Quite a fleshy style with notes of plums, mushrooms, tobacco leaves, blackberries and dried herbs, there is a slightly tarry finish. Fine tannins, a wine of medium length and well balanced, enjoy this over the next six to eight years.