Deep brick red hue; bright condition.
A smoldering combination of red currant, blueberry, violets, rum and raisin chocolate and tar, with a touch of white pepper. There are toasty oak notes and plenty of Cabernet cedar and tarriness.
The wine commences with bright sweet fruits of red currant and mulberry, almost fairyfloss-like, that run the full length of the palate. Even with this fruit sweetness, underneath there is good balance of acidity and tannin, so the wine is concentrated and relatively smooth, especially pleasing in this type of year. On the finish there are toasty oak notes and classical Cabernet Sauvignon tarriness.
With confidence , the Ribbon Vale 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon can be aged for at least 25 years but our recommended cellaring time depends on individual taste. For those customers who enjoy a wine’s richer, youthful fruit flavours, aging for up to 10 years is about right. During that time, it will be showing its best fruit. However, the customer who prefers a classic “Claret” style wine, with lots of cedar and tar complexity, will need to keep the wine for at least 15 years, to allow it to develop these secondary notes.