A continuation of Clare Valley and Limestone Coast fruit for this stalwart of the Taylors Estate range. Plenty of Little Gold Stickers (and a few silver ones too!). Complete with Taylors optimum drinking temperature sensitive back label. Winemaker is Adam Eggins.

Taylors Estate, Cabernet Sauvignon, Clare Valley, Limestone Coast, 2021

An intriguing nose for a ‘value’ wine. Tomato sugo, fresh brewed coffee, pulp mulberry, warm blackberry jus, Yellow Delicious apple flesh, campfire ash, pencil shavings, chocolate and a little ferrous steel. Medium full. Chocolate and purple to black berry fruit. Odd tartness (maybe where that apple note came from?) and some syrupy movement to the palate. Savoury olive and late blooming tannin temper the abundant globules of dark fruit. There’s a fair length to the tail and while there’s not a huge amount of complexity or counterplay, it’s a dark twist with enough interest.

RRP: $22
Alc: 14.5%
Rating:  92/100

Wine sample courtesy of Taylors Wines