$70 each / $390 each for a case

The 2023 vintage in Margaret River, and specifically the Yallingup subregion, was what Julian refers to as a 'goldilocks' vintage. Simply put it was a great year to a be grape, perhaps a historical best (but only time will tell).

Caressed by warmth and sun then gently cooled by seabreezes on a daily basis, with little jerks and almost no vissitudes, leads to perfectly balanced wines of great flavour saturation and tannin ripeness. It was so good there was no need to add the Malbec like we did back in 2019. The Cabernet itself was so complete and replete with flavour intensity and richness that it stands confidently alone. So Julian cherry-picked us a tiny little bit, the creme de la creme, and here it finally is and just for P Johnson clients. It is worth noting, we held it over for one more year so it could calm-the-hell-down in bottle since it was so nervy and twitchy, it had much youthful energy to resolve and it will be resolving it for some time to come.

Cab-er-yay!

TASTING NOTES
This wine is shimmering purple and black centred. the nose is full of currents, iron, violets, iodine and the sea. The palate is compacted with cassis and red fruits that keep unloading in waves. It is fleshy, three dimensional and long. There is also leather, 'ripe sauvignon' character, olive, earth, iron, violet and the distinctive hint of oystershells and nori brought in by the sea breeze. It is young and tense and will age for 25 years easily (if you store it under 16 deg c). We would recommend opening it 12 hours before drinking, or decant a few hours ahead at least.

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