Oakridge 864 Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
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- $96
- Drink by: 2028-2038
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If real estate is all about location, location, location then Cabernet Sauvignon is all about potential, potential, potential. And this has it in spades. No one is going to argue that it’s in a prime drinking window right now, but, boy it tastes good and I can’t wait to watch it develop. Concentrated ruby red in the glass, there’s a tightly entwined intensity of plum, black cherry, crushed mint (anyone fancy a mojito while we’re waiting?), splintered cedar and warm dirt road. A solid tannin structure makes for a complete and strikingly well-put together wine, it just needs time.
Morgan Dunn was a Melbourne based sommelier with over 10 years of experience. He was one of our very first Winepilots and wrote a regular wine column for The Australian and contributed to various publications including Noble Rot. In 2017 he was named 'Emerging Wine Writer of the Year' at the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers' Awards as well as receiving the Wine Communicators of Australia award for 'Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column'. He spoke Japanese and was planning to write a book on Tokyo wine bars and wine culture in Japan. In his spare time Morgan played piano, enjoyed snowboarding and went to Escape Rooms with his twin brother. He is deeply missed by many.
