Passing Clouds Bendigo CA Cabernet 2021
- 95+
- $64
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I honestly couldn’t get enough of this wine. From the first moment I smelt it in the glass, I knew it would be a delight from beginning to end and I wasn’t wrong. Despite already being four years old, there’s a heap of luscious primary fruit and soooo much complexity: confectionery, black cherry, raspberry, black olive, aniseed, milk choc, leather. The wine develops in the glass, with the aniseed and leather characters amplifying as it breathes. The fruit is vibrant on the palate and supremely juicy, while also being rich and deep. I’ve given it a ‘+’ as I don’t think we’ve seen the best of it yet, as it has a very long life ahead of it.
Brendan is a Melbourne-based writer, filmmaker, playwright and composer. Since 2013, he has been published in national and regional Australian titles such as Halliday Magazine, Gourmet Traveller Wine, Grapegrower and Winemaker, Gippslandia, Gippsland Lifestyle, Yarra Valley and Ranges and Gippsland Country Life magazines. Brendan was a finalist for 2024 Wine Communicator Awards in the 'Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column' category. He has completed the WSET Level 3 course (gaining a Distinction) and has a passion for small producers of wine, beer and spirits. He is also the co-editor of 'I'm Not a Film Star: David Bowie as Actor' for Bloomsbury Academic.
