Purple-black and brilliant color. The bouquet comes first, that being the subtle in extremis waft of a distant half stave of a perfect barrel of French Oak. The bouquet falls away and the aromas of carefully nurtured Cabernet Sauvignon grapes springs elegantly to life; a panoply of red and forest berry aromatics, touches of the green and savory, such as capsicum, fennel and fresh herbs. Everything is built around this wine's small yet powerful core of mulberry and blueberry and raspberry fruit. As if compressed by eons of time this fruit spins slowly and awaits. Softer riper fruits and finely grained tannins orbit around it, offering a round and welcoming yet savory glass of red wine. The after-palate is all black fruits and drying tannins that stretch and linger.
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About the Producer
As a young girl in Bulgaria, winemaker Elena Brooks’ mother worked in a winery. Perhaps 'winery' is an understatement; this was a 45,000-ton operation that employed 500 people and had their own dentist on site. When communism fell in 1990, an influx of foreigners, namely Australians, came to work at this winery for big supermarket brands. At the age of 12, Elena was interpreting at the winery after school, and by 16 she was making her first batches of Chardonnay using her mom's panty hose as a filter. A few years later, she’d move to Adelaide to study winemaking.
