2016 Thompson Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

Opaque dark red black colour with a dark red hue. Earthy black olive aromas intermix with red currants and mulberries followed by cigar box and spice. Medium bodied with a feeling of elegance, flavours of spicy red currants, black olives, bay leaf, earthy tobacco characters and pencilly cedar are backed by firm, slightly chewy tannins. Lively acidity with a rigid medium length finish.
Cellar 6-8 years.
Alc. 14.5%

Other Reviews…
An earlier ripening year, '16 boasts ample fruit and with that, a forward generosity. Densely concentrated with cabernet's markers of blackcurrant, lead and graphite punctuated by strewn green herb and olive. Yet the oak and tight grain tannins shape this wine, corralling the flavours into a lung funnel of vanilla and mocha. Drink by 2031.
93 points
Ned Goodwin – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion