Tenafeate Creek Wines Cabernet Merlot 2022

From a pair of vineyards in the One Tree Hill region, this is a blend of 70% Cabernet and 30% Merlot. The wine was also aged in a 70/30 blend of French oak – 30% new – for twelve months. Crimson/purple in colour, the nose is a little more savoury in nature than some in the range, with notes of animal skins, bay leaves, herbs and leather, but also with dark chocolate and black fruits evident. There is good oak integration and if you give the wine a moment in your glass, enticing liqueur cherry notes emerge. Good concentration, excellent length, very fine tannins and impressive persistence, this is a wine of depth and refinement and one which will provide immense pleasure over the next eight to ten years.