De Bortoli Melba Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 - QWine Reviews

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De Bortoli Melba Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

 

The Melba Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is only released in exceptional years. Here is a keeper that will live well beyond a decade. Looking for a birth year wine that will reward handsomely? Pop this on your radar.

It smells quite young on opening with a green herby edge and some stalkyness. Over a few days of tasting it ever so slowly revealed a little more personality ensuring that time will be its friend. The fruit is rich and generous with drying tannins keeping all in check. Highlighted by mint, menthol, black currants, roasted peppers and tomato bush, black fruits really took hold with the more air that was absorbed. Dutch chocolate was a feature on day three of tasting with the mouthfeel still firm leaving a sustained cocoa-like tannin presence to chew on. This is a wine I'd love to revisit in a few more years, and something tells me it will continue to develop furthermore. 

Decant well before drinking or just hold for the long haul.

93/100

Region: Yarra Valley
RRP: $160
Source: Sample

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