2022 Nicks Secret PE HLS Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon

From the same highly acclaimed estate that produced the 2022 Nicks Secret PE STYN Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, comes this, their flagship offering that normally commands a $120.00 price tag. Made by the 2024 James Halliday’s Wine Companion’s winemaker of the year, it has quality stamped all over it’s DNA. At around a third of it’s normal asking price, this is rare opportunity to acquire a top echelon Coonawarra Cabernet at an amazing price.

An imposing Coonawarra Cabernet that combines richness and power with serious structure.

Midnight black heart with a deep dark red black tinged hue. Potent aromas of blackcurrant, liquorice and ripe mulberry engulf the olfactory senses with complimenting notes of spicy vanillin cedar, tobacco, earthy dark chocolate and subtle mint ensuing. Rich, full bodied and structural, the palate is flooded with ripe blackcurrant fruit which melds into a mulberry, dark chocolate, delicate mint, earth, vanillin cedar and subtle spicy tobacco back drop. Concentrated and powerful, it possesses a firm, muscular tannin framework which imposes a grippy feel across the long, robust yet densely fruited finish. An outstanding example of Coonawarra Cabernet that has a long life ahead of it.
Drink over the next 8-10 years.
Alc. 14.5%

Other Reviews….
A blend of three parcels, everything about this wine screams quality, ……. Wine like this deserves the unfurling and awakening that comes with a slow decant, so take the time to open this and stay awhile. Begins with cassis and just-picked blackberries, salted plum and red pepper strands, pink peppercorns and tobacco leaf. Oak licks in around the edges with cumin, caraway and a dusting of nutmeg, while a ribbon of red cherry makes a mid-palate appearance. Tannins, oh the tannins – what a display of grace and power. This is made of guts and glory and will age like great cabernet sauvignon should, over decades. Drink by 2038.
97 Points
Shanteh Wale – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

Note: this wine comes packaged without it’s traditional wax seal and has no capsule.