Crawford River 2022 Henty Cabernet Sauvignon 'Reserve'

"This is the Reserve Pauillac to the ‘standard’ Pessac. This is a wine of greater verticality than its counterpart. Soaring and immediately present aromatics of red fruits, sage and mint, violets, High Church incense and Cuban claro cigar wrapper, and a fine line of crushed limestone and white pepper. The tannins are simultaneously lighter in weight yet more serious, with a distinct sheeting quality and tensile structuring at play. Crushed blackberry and raspberry, some currants and red cherry; there is a trimming of sage and toasted spices, and support from Greek salted mammoth black olives. A wine of exceptional bravura; singular, perhaps, in the Australian wine scene. Belinda Thomson deserves the highest praise for this release. Very fine."