Zema Estate Family Selection Coonawarra Cabernet 2018

This is a seriously good Coonawarra Cabernet and a very well-priced one. A case or two of this in the cellar for a decade and you’ll look like a genius. Similar winemaking as for the Family Shiraz, again with two years oak maturation. The wine is from a brilliant vintage and has had time to develop complexity. An opaque vibrant purple, this is a touch more austere than the Shiraz at this early stage, but just as exciting. We have notes of blackberries, cigar boxes, aniseed, dried herbs, roast meats and cassis. This has fine structure and focus, very fine, sleek but firm tannins and exemplary length. The oak influence is handled immaculately in a wine that will provide pleasure for the next ten to fifteen years.