Deep Woods Estate Single Vineyard Cabernet Malbec 2020 [JH 96]

ERIN LARKIN, HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION 2023, 96 points. Cabernet with 10% malbec. "We go to-getherr like rama lama lama ka dinga da dinga dong"(Grease, in case you were wondering)... like an earworm I can't eradicate (and actually, nor do I want to), these 2 have spent a long time trying to get together; unlikely bedfellows perhaps, blocked by the reliable and often uneventful merlot, but they finally find their way back. For all the hyperbole, this is a sensational wine, impossibly intense and saturated with flavour, and the volume is boosted in 2020. Decant it, because the frisky malbec needs the oxygen to calm it down. It'll live an age, though. RAY JORDAN WINE GUIDE 2023, 96 points. This is a blend that works brilliantly in Margaret River. There is only 7% malbec in here. Yet it rings the palate to life with its vibrant red fruit lift. A wonderfully well-balanced blend with chalky tannins contributing to a fine angular precision. Love the slightly meaty dark chocolate and blackcurrant characters on the nose especially. TROPHY, BLACKWOOD VALLEY WA BOUTIQUE AND SINGLE VINEYARD WINE SHOW 2022 Best Red Blend GOLD MEDAL, WINE SHOW OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 2022 GOLD MEDAL, ROYAL ADELAIDE WINE SHOW 2022 GOLD MEDAL, MARGARET RIVER WINE SHOW 2021 GOLD MEDAL, PERTH ROYAL WINE SHOW 2022

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