2019 Richardson Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

Description

RRP: $160.00
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An outstanding 96 points and Gold Medal from the 2024 Halliday Wine Companion! 

95 points 2023 Decanter World Wine Awards
96 points 2024 Halliday Wine Companion

"Blackcurrant and aniseed characters blend with cedar wood, spearmint and cream. It's both a powerful and compelling presentation of flavours. This is a wine that starts off as medium weight then builds and expands as it breathes, like the swell of a wave as it moves inshore, the result a cohesive crash of fruit, oak and tannin. It's a beauty." – Campbell Mattinson

Aroma
Initially dense and brooding, but with agitation or decanting the wine opens like a flower. It displays classic varietal herbaceousness, with underlying blackcurrant and blackberry and the nuance of subtle vanilla oak characters derived from high quality new Frenchoak. 

Flavour
The palate displays graceful yet powerful classic Cabernet Sauvignon flavour. Typically herbaceous with an abundance of black fruits mint and cassis combined with elegant oak treatment that leads to a firm acid line and firm but soft tannins that lends itself to great ageing potential, however it is drinking beautifully now. 

Colour
Deep dark garnet leading to a lighter ruby hue. 

Winemaking Notes
The Richardson Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon wines are produced from the most exceptional parcels of fruit as identified by the Blue Pyrenees team; the same philosophy established in the 1990’s to create exceptional wine as attribute to the late Colin Richardson. The wine was vinified between 24-30degrees Celsius and spent 14 days on skins before being transferred to 30%new and seasoned French oak for 24 months. The nominated 2018 Cabernet parcels displayed intense varietal characters and concentration of flavour as they reached optimum ripeness in the near perfect red grape growing season.

Awards
- GOLD China Wine and Spirits Awards 2022
- 95 points 2023 Decanter World Wine Awards
- 96 points 2024 Halliday Wine Companion