2022 Ashmead Cabernet Sauvignon
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Description
The 2022 is the twenty second release of this this delicious Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon!
It may be just a tiny little parcel of Cabernet planted in the 1940s, however what a powerful little flavour packed expression it is! The Ashmead block has consistently produced small parcels of excellent quality fruit for several years. The block was almost destroyed in 1997 to make way for higher yielding vines, however the family made the decision to promote the vineyard to a higher destiny – thus the Ashmead.
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Alcohol: 14.90%
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Cellaring
Drink now or cellar confidently for 15 - 20 years from vintage
Reviews
95 points - Ray Jordan, winepilot.com
This was a coolish vintage in the Barossa with the constant threat of rain, but in the end old Hughie smiled down and the vintage finished dry. Having said that the nature of the season is reflected in the wine with is elegant and restrained, yet you know those 78-year-old cabernet vines will deliver plenty as it ages. Ripe blackberry and dark chocolate characters invade with the 18 months in largely new French oak puncheons necessary to balance the intensity. Vibrant and bright with the capacity for extended cellaring.
