Robert Oatley Limited Release Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Robert Oatley Limited Release Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 – As previously indicated, a good vintage in the Barossa Valley can offer surprising results for Cabernet. You’d think it would not work, but then like so much in the wonderful world of wine, what we think rarely seems to matter. 2018 is clearly exactly the sort of vintage which works for Barossa Cab, based on this wine. It is surely impossible not to like. 

Larry Cherubino’s expertise has transcended boundaries to produce a richly flavoured, finely balanced gem.

From vineyards in the Barossa and Eden Valleys, vines aged between 25 and 60 years, he used open fermenters leaving the juice on skins for between four and six weeks. The wine was then matured in new and one-year-old tight-grained, low toast French oak barriques. 

The result is a wine of dark magenta, concentrated, rich and intense. Flavours of chocolate and black cherry mingle with spices, dry herbs and blackberries. It lingers beautifully through to very cushiony tannins. There is a warm, comforting plushness to this wine which should prove irresistible, though it can be put aside for a decade or two, if you prefer. A cracking Barossa Cabernet. Would prove a fun wine to use in a blind options game.