A Blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot, 3% Merlot, 2% Malbec and 2% Cabernet Franc...Read more
A Blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Petit Verdot, 3% Merlot, 2% Malbec and 2% Cabernet Franc that has been aged for an average of 18 months in French barriques of which 69% were new. Superb colour pouring a totally opaque black red with a bright dark crimson red black tinged hue. Exquisitely scented aromas of violets, blackcurrants and mulberries are infused with cedary tobacco characters with hints of black olive, spicy cigar box and faint bay leaf also present. Powerful, yet graceful and focused the palate is blessed with a rich core of fruit that includes blackcurrant, red currant and mulberry flavours that are married to complexing secondary nuances of cedary tobacco characters, black olives, cigar box and spice. The vibrant richness of fruit makes this one of the most approachable Diana Madeline’s for quite some time yet lurking underneath is a compact frame of sturdily built refined tannins. Outstanding length with a very long blackcurrant, mulberry, cedary tobacco, cigar box and spice aftertaste.
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