Secret Deal Wrattonbully Cabernet Shiraz 2022

Scores

96 / 100

"The cooler vintage in Wrattonbully has contributed to a stylish medium bodied wine of impeccable presentation and poise. The medium bodied fruit has been worked with only old French oak and foudres, so as not to overpower. Nice combination of black fruits with a red fruit lift in a perfumed style with deeper slightly meaty black fruit characters. The tannins are finely integrated in this wine of great poise that will continue to evolve with extended cellaring."
- Ray Jordan

95 / 100

"57/43% cabernet sauvignon/shiraz. Matured in French oak barrels and foudres for 14 months. Raspberry gel, pomegranate juice and morello cherries in syrup. Blackberry wine gums, sage and thyme. This really encompasses the claret style, the ease of drinking and the ability to please an array of palates. Still knitting together, this wine will cellar very well, as it opens like a flower in slow motion. Tannins are lacy and fine with peaks of acidity dotted throughout the palate. Cinnamon, cumin and mace spice to finish."
- James Halliday's Wine Companion

94 / 100

"This quite charming and reserved 2022 Cabernet Shiraz is a little shy right now but feels adolescent rather than dilute. It delivers refined aromas of red currant, and black currant topped by sublte dark earth and measured oak. Graphite and gravel flavours are then wrapped in a core of chewy tannins which support a generous finish. Excellent balance with an even shape and lingering finish suggest this will age well."
- Angus Hughson

93 / 100

"This wine is both stern and flushed with fruit. You could call it impeccable and be done with it. Blackcurrant, gravel, mint and char notes are served both tannic and creamy, with subtle tobacco notes rising from the wine as it breathes. There’s no real flamboyance here – it is of course still young – but everything about this wine hovers around gold medal standard. Drink : 2026 – 2034+ 93+ points"
- Campbell Mattinson

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