Domaine Defialy Macedon Ranges Cabernet Sauvignon 'Candlebark Hill'

“Baby’s first lunch claret, and nobody puts baby in the club corner…

Sipping this at the naughty table, I can’t help but think this is the wine that will win all of you readers over to Cabernet. Getting serious: red cherries, freeze-dried raspberry, bay leaves, and bush-garrigue, Southeast Asian green charoots, rhubarb, and orange rind all mingle with immediate aromatic presence. There is just something so inviting and enticing about this drop; it seems to be the perfect mix of fresh, redolent, dark, and warming. Sitting very pretty at the lighter end of medium-bodied, with surprisingly elegant and light tannins, and a sneakily long finish. The flavours here present like unhurried conversation around the lunch table, with different elements coming at you from different directions like arguing relatives. Crushed blackberries and liquorice bullets; blood orange; sage and mint; and milk chocolate on the finish.

Moreish, and sure to get the older chaps talking.”

— David