Vasse Felix Tom Cullity Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec 2019

This wine shows the benefit of an extra year in the bottle – it’s coming together really well. Not the perfume of the 2018, but there is structure and poise here. Pronounced seaweed nori aroma with blackcurrant fruitiness and slightly toasty oak. This was a vintage that continues to reveal itself and should never be overlooked. It has such a seamless and slinky integrated palate that it just coasts through effortlessly to a sustained, long finish. A beautiful medium bodied wine. Normally this wine gets a small amount of Petit Verdot but, because of the cooler vintage, none was included in the 2019. You really get a sense of prettiness and purity plus the detail in the wine when you get to the end of the glass. Brilliant.