Penley Estate Black Bull Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

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  • $50
  • Drink by: 2024-2034

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Again, we have a classically structured Cabernet from Coonawarra, from an excellent vintage. Opaque maroon in colour, this is concentrated and exhibits good refinement, despite the extra degree of intensity. A really good Cab with notes of tobacco leaves, cassis, blackberries and warm earth. Sophisticated and elegant, with fine silky tannins, good focus, and impeccable balance. There is some serious length here and any time over the next decade will see this providing immense pleasure.

Ken Gargett
Contributor at Winepilot

Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.

Wine writer and critic
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Ken Gargett
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Variety: Red Wine, Cabernet, Cabernet Sauvignon
Categories: Australian Wines, Drinks