Fabulous bouquet and palate with a core of ripe dark cherry and savoury, earthy, natural aromas. Scents of blackcurrant and dried raspberry, then wild forest flowers and barrel spices. Dry, delicious, taut, poised, and engaging on the palate, with a core of ripe red berry fruits and spices from wood and soil. A firm structure with an abundance of tannins and acidity; there’s a mix of barrel spices and nut, some reductive moments, then core fruit flavours emerge again. Lengthy, youthful, and still developing, with best drinking from 2028 through to 2036+.
Points: 95
RRP: $110.00
Distributor: Hancocks Wine & Spirits Merchants
Phone: (09) 361 8480
www.akarua.com