Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Reserve Cabernet Shiraz 2022

The Crayeres Vineyard in South Australia’s south-east Wrattonbully region is home to French expat Xavier Bizot’s much loved Great Australian red blend, which in this Reserve iteration comes as a 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Shiraz and 17% Cabernet Franc trio, matured for 14 months in new French barrels, then 6 months in old larger foudre vessels, then 18 months in bottle before release. That patience has been rewarded with a beautifully expressive wine, the Cabernets leading the aromatics with an elegant fragrance, florals, crushed red berries, fine white chalk dust, all of which flow forward into a medium to full bodied palate, slippery in some senses with a seasoning of Mediterranean savoury herb and spice elements. There is serious power within this wine at this stage of its long life, even with a tannin coating that offers a well-tuned balance of structure and texture. If you can, keep a few for 10-20 years down the track.

Tony Love

Journalist at Winepilot

Tony is best known for his 10 years as News Corp’s National Wine Writer, with weekly columns in major metropolitan mastheads throughout Australia including The Adelaide Advertiser, The Sydney Daily Telegraph and the Melbourne Herald Sun. He continues to write feature articles and columns for all the major Australian wine media publications. Tony has also worked as a restaurant reviewer, section editor, book editor, digital content provider, journalism teacher and was named Wine Communicators of Australia 2018 Legend of the Vine (SA). Find out more about Tony at tonylove.com.au

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