2015 Levantine Hill Samantha's Paddock Melange Traditionnel

Pitch black in colour with a deep very dark red hue. Rising from the glass are refined aromatics of blackcurrant and mulberry which are complimented by tobacco, dusty vanillin cedar, subtle black olive, dried herbs and spice. Elegant blackcurrant and ripe mulberry fruits are cast across the mid weighted palate with great finesse overshadowing a back drop of tobacco, dried herbs and spicy cedar. Finely crafted tannins are well integrated. Finishes with good freshness and a graceful conclusion.
Drink over the next 8-10 years.
Alc. 12.5%

Other Reviews….
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, or Mélange Traditionnel as they call it. Comes in an impossibly heavy, deeply punted bottle. This is a *much* better wine than their 2014 release.
Blackberry, plum, white flower perfume, smoke and spice, pencils and dried herbs. Medium-bodied, deep fruit backed with spice and pencil oak, firm gravelly open weave tannin, slight sweet/sour character of oven roasted tomato, cool acidity, and a very long finish of red and black fruit, top quality oak weaved neatly in. Classic Cabernet. Beautifully made. Drink 2020-2030+
95+ points
Gary Walsh – The Wine Front