SC Pannell Koomilya Cabernet Touriga 2021

SC Pannell Koomilya Cabernet Touriga 2021

Mostly joyous but not without its challenges. Good winter rain led to strong growth with good cover in the mid row and under vine well into summer. Nervous expectation after two low yielding years muted conversations about the potential for a good year right up until harvest. No disease pressure, good canopies and plentiful bunches led to a long ripening season. Some varieties tested patience and drew out vintage well into May. The greatest challenge was finding enough hours in the day and enough people to help with harvesting the plentiful and perfectly ripe fruit.

Crème de cassis is a classic aroma for Cabernet Sauvignon and here it is in abundance. Unsmoked cigars in a cedar box sitting in brambles surrounded by a moat of master stock - if such a thing is possible. The Touriga Nacional florals support Cabernet’s aromatics and amplify them. Raspberry leaf, pink jelly crystals, split red wood, star anise and black currants are matched by an oyster shell texture that builds and builds again before a glossy crescendo, and a wall of fruit that slowly disassembles and forces you to swallow. A joyous riot that will bamboozle and polarise. 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Touriga Nacional