2024 Dominique Portet Fontaine Cabernets

A trophy winning Bordeaux style blend that’s both savoury and elegant, delivering terrific value.

A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 29% Merlot, 6% Malbec and 5% Cabernet Franc matured in French oak (20% new) for a period of 12 months. Dense inky black heart with a vibrant purple red hue. Escaping out of the glass are lifted aromatics of blackcurrant and mulberry infused with black olive. Cedary tobacco, dusty earth and bay leaf notes ensue. Rich blackcurrant and mulberry fruits are layered across the mid weighted palate with subtle cigar box, black olive, earth and dried herb characters lying in the background. Fine grained tannin structure with a savoury conclusion that’s both long and elegant. Trophy winner for best red wine of Show at the 2025 Yarra Valley Wine Show.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 13.5%

Other Reviews….
A blend of 60/29/6/5% cabernet sauvignon/merlot/malbec/cabernet franc. Matured in 15% French oak. An excellent edition of this perennially good and well-priced wine. A deep, bright crimson purple. Explodes from the glass with ripe blackcurrant fruit, violets and a hint of cedar. Medium bodied, with excellent verve and silky (for cabernet) long-chained tannins. Great now and over the next four to six years. One of the Yarra's absolutely best buys. Drink by 2032.
95 Points
Philip Rich – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion