The Lane 19th Meeting Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
- 91
- $70
- Drink by: 2023-2032
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A fine-boned, age-worthy young Cabernet. Close your eyes. That spice, that heavenly spice component, arrives in layers and is quite intoxicating. Cool climate varietal character is strong here in cassis and leafy aromas backed by clove, cinnamon, a touch of acacia, violet florals and vanilla. The vanillin oak assumes a bigger, more obvious role on the palate tying everything nicely together. The overall impression is one of delicacy within a medium bodied framework. And, yes, that spice is definitely a strong suit and a selling point.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
