Paisley Barossa Valley Corduroy Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

I am advised by friends that corduroy trousers is apparently an appalling fashion faux pas, although it might have helped if they had told me that many years ago. I always rather liked my corduroy slacks. What will never be a fashion faux pas is good Barossa Cab and this is certainly that. Warm climate Cabs will never replicate what we see from regions like Bordeaux, and even Margaret River or Coonawarra, but they will give us wines chock full of flavour. This is an opaque maroon colour with a nose exhibiting notes of cocoa powder, tobacco leaves, chocolate, leather and coffee grinds. A slightly fleshy style, we see aniseed, soy and cloves emerge on the palate. This is a cracking warm climate Cabernet, with balance, length and very fine tannins. Enjoy over the next six to eight years.