2021 Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Reserve Cabernet Shiraz
Impenetrable ruby with a dark core and a nose that’s densely packed with violets and potpourri, peppered red and black berries, plum, raspberry liquorice, fig leaf, black tea, and underbrush, cigar, graphite, charred vanilla, mace and hint of cardamom. In the mouth it’s structured for the long-haul with gravelly textures, firm tight-grained tannins and tense acidity that runs throughout a deep, rich core of creamy and naturally sweet black and red fruit that are spiced with black pepper, anise, blood orange zest, burnt vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg and bay leaf. It’s acutely focused and quite regal with a powerful presence, yet holds itself with elegance and beautiful symmetry. It drives with urgency through to a tail that is yet to unfurl. This is a serious wine that I am excited to watch evolve over the decades to come. A regal Aussie Cab Shiraz! Reviewed July 2025.
4 Stars
