Merite Single Vineyard Wrattonbully Cabernet 2016

Wrattonbully Cabernet Sauvignon grown on 16-year-old vines. Single vineyard but it’s 40 hectares in size, which is significant. Matured in French and Hungarian oak. I guess it’s just a matter of getting balance right. So many wines don’t; this wine does. The fruit has been beautifully ripened and has the sweetness of summer tucked neatly inside, and yet it remains dusty and varietal, and the canopy too can be tasted in its leafy tobacco-like notes. It doesn’t just tasted of grapes, it’s reminiscent of a vineyard. Tannin is a fine mesh and its length is sound. It’s pretty much guaranteed that this Cabernet will mature charmingly.