Zema Cluny Cabernet Merlot 2021

The blend here is 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot, 7% Malbec and 7% Cabernet Franc. The wine spent eighteen months maturing in French oak. Very dark maroon in hue, the nose offers notes of tobacco leaves, dry herbs, blackcurrants, touches of root vegetable, chocolate and leather. A wine of medium length, good balance, freshness and fine, sleek tannins with a vague hint of oak in the background. It should provide pleasure over the next 8 to 12 years. Good stuff.