The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon is dense and potent but also quite structured. Dark fruit, plum, graphite, incense, licorice and lavender are some of the many notes that grace the 2021. Silky, plush red cherry, mocha, rose petal and spice unfurl with time in the glass. This a decidedly mid-weight wine with firm, chalky tannins. Graeme MacDonald backed off extractions a bit in 2021, which suggests a drive towards greater freshness. This is also the first vintage made at the Mending Wall facility, which is quite a bit less cramped than at Kongsgaard, where all the previous wines were made. The 2021 saw 38 days on skins and 22 months in barrel. It is an absolutely gorgeous wine, but it is also more reticent than most vintages at this stage. (96+) (AG)

Deep purplish crimson. Enticing nose with savoury dusty earth and rich purple fruit. Fresh and lively on the palate with very sandy tannin, a slight bitterness, and a finish that goes forever – developing flavours of bay and a gravelly dryness. Impeccable balance. (SCJ) 18.5+/20 points