2022 Duke’s Magpie Hill Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

An elegant, medium bodied Cabernet.

Totally opaque black dark red colour with a dark red hue. Nosing offers up red to black currant and mulberry scents infused with black olive and cigar box characters. Some red liquorice, earth and spicy dried herb notes are also evident. Medium bodied red to black currant, mulberry and red liquorice fruits flow elegantly across the palate. Spicy vanillin cedar, gentle earthy tobacco and dried herb characters sit underneath. Powdery tannins have a polished feel as they lead into a refined finish.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 13%

Other Reviews…..
The wine spends 17 months in French oak of two sizes, with 51% of that oak being new barrels. This is a poised and refined cabernet, finely tuned with lacy, silty tannins and showing off cassis, salt bush, white pepper, just-ripe plum and minty elements between the bouquet and palate. It's quite refreshing in acidity, if not a little zesty through the finish, though overall the wine finds good balance. It delivers a pleasing, 'luncheon claret' kind of expression that favours early drinkability, freshness, and yet a turn in a cellar wouldn't be untoward. Well done, all up. Drink by 2035.
93 Points
Mike Bennie - James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion