Chapel Hill

The MV Cabernet Sauvignon

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  Vintage 2019
  94 points Halliday Wine Companion

McLaren Vale has a long history of producing high-class cabernet, and this is a fine example. Blackcurrant fruit leads,

with a retinue of bay leaf and black olive tapenade. The tannins are shapely though firm, as befits the variety.

The colour, too, is exciting.

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  Vintage 2019
  94 points

Very much in the house-style of Chapel Hill - and that ain’t a bad thing! A classic cabernet aroma wafts from the glass and the first sip finds a wine of richness, suppleness, aromatics, varietal and regional integrity, and balance. Yes, all in one sip. Earthy black fruit, boysenberry, woody herbs, tapenade, chocolate and licorice (chocolate bullets, perhapsVery much in the house-style of Chapel Hill - and that ain’t a bad thing! A classic cabernet aroma wafts from the glass and the first sip finds a wine of richness, suppleness, aromatics, varietal and regional integrity, and balance. Yes, all in one sip. Earthy black fruit, boysenberry, woody herbs, tapenade, chocolate and licorice (chocolate bullets, perhaps?) provide the flavours. There is sufficient structure and depth of fruit to see this impressive red develop well for at least a decade.) provide the flavours. There is sufficient structure and depth of fruit to see this impressive red develop well for at least a decade.