Forester Estate

Yelverton Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

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  Vintage 2023
  96 points www.winecompanion.com.au

You're moving into rarefied air with this cabernet from the outstanding '23 vintage. Around 91% cabernet but there's about 7.5% cab franc and a little petit verdot, and I think that cab franc's just introduced that slightly lifted perfumed note. The aroma captures so much of Margaret River cabernet with its blackcurrant, bay leaf, and black olive notes, a little fruitcake and dark chocolate, and a lift of graphite minerality. The palate is tightly woven still, and deeply concentrated with tremendous power and depth. The balance is impeccable. It's seamless and it's structured and it will extend and live for a long time in the cellar. 96 points. Cellar: 12 years.

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  Vintage 2023
  95 points

Dark red, opaque and youthful. There's lifted aromas of blackberry, berry compote, nutty oak, bramble, ferrous earth, dried herbs and Asian spice. Powerful, youthful, mouth-filling and layered in flavour. There's a core of dark fruits, creamy oak, dry, granular tannins and bright acidity. There's plenty to like here and it's built for the long haul. Aaron Brasher. 01 Jul 2025. Cellar: 2025–2040.