2022 Fraser Gallop Estate Parterre Cabernet Sauvignon

Elegant and structured with a long, finessed finish.

A blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Malbec, 5% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Merlot matured in a combination of new and second use French oak for a period of 18 months. Midnight black in colour with a dark red black tinged hue. Delightful red to black currant, mulberry, cedary tobacco, earthy black olive and subtle spicy bay leaf scents enchant the olfactory senses. The elegant, mid weighted palate is detailed with blackcurrant and mulberry fruits which meld into a cedary tobacco, dried herb, earth and spicy black olive back drop. Structured fine grained tannins with a long, finessed finish.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 14%

Other Reviews…..
There’s an approachability and evenness to this, with everything that’s good about cabernet from this region sealed within. Mulberries and blackberry compote, cassis and currants with fresh mint and bay leaves, nori and licorice with spicy, nutty oak all coming together well. Fuller-bodied with open-knit, textural tannins. The palate is supple. This is ready to enjoy now but will obviously garner more complexity in time. Drink by 2036.
95 points
Jane Faulkner - James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

A blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon with Malbec and Petit Verdot from a single dry-grown vineyard. Lovely cassis on the nose, with a herbal gum note, moss, cooling wet stone and pretty violets. Slate and polished aniseed notes create beautiful aromatic complexity. Juicy and perfectly weighted acidity with plush tannins and vibrant, layered fruit. Savoury spice with a succulent, moreish character that saturates the palate. So long on the finish, with great length and persistence. An excellent expression of Wilyabrup terroir with harmonious integration of all elements. Drink 2025-2038.
95 points
Decanter

The 2022 Parterre Cabernet Sauvignon is super bright and seductive, with raspberry pip, hints of coffee grounds and aniseed, star anise and freshly turned earth and brine. It's a lovely wine, showing the pedigree of the season. The tannins are powdery and chewy and gorgeous. Really pleasurable. Sealed under screw cap. Drink 2024-2042.
95 points
Erin Larkin – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

This is the most stylish expression of cabernet, which has about 5% malbec, 5% petit verdot, 3% cab franc, and 2% merlot. So it's a classic Bordeaux blend, and shows elements of that sinewy, minerally tannin profile that you might expect. Nice dark fruits on the nose with a lift of bay leaf and a distinct oyster shell character. The palate has good medium-bodied flesh supported by those fine sinewy tannins and integrated oak. It's a classically defined cabernet.
95 points
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