2024 Crawford River Cabernets

10% OFF AT CHECKOUT 93 pts
Velvety Cabernet blend from a great family-owned Victorian producer. Seamless stuff.

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Description

A gorgeous melding of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc here from the much-heralded Crawford River estate.

Cabernet does exceedingly well in this part of Henty, with the structure and density to age many years before it reaches its peak. The addition of the Cabernet Franc to this blend by winemaker Belinda Thomson sees the addition of enticing aromatics, just busting out of the glass.

It's an easy wine to like, and indeed love. Plenty of ripe, open fruit character, the typical tobacco and leafy notes that show in these varieties placed front and centre. It's a wine for now, or for some years down the track, depending on your preference.

93 points
"A lovely, fragrant cool-climate cabernet featuring aromas of sour cherry, blackberry and both dried roses and herbs. This is medium bodied, with good depth of fruit together with firm, chalky tannins that, while balanced, will need some time to ameliorate."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

93 points - "75/25% cabernets sauvignon/cabernet franc. A medium, bright crimson purple. A lovely, fragrant cool-climate cabernet featuring aromas of sour cherry, blackberry and both dried roses and herbs. This is medium bodied, with good depth of fruit together with firm, chalky tannins that, while balanced, will need some time to ameliorate." -
Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

Fabulous depth of purple colour and vibrant freshness. There is plenty of Mulberry, together with a wonderful juxtaposition of dark berries and savoury qualities. Edges of dark chocolate. It shows a delicious, earthy sweetness, underpinned by rhubarb, beetroot and spice. A soft, generous palate is immediately appealing, the medium frame supporting its elegance, with supple acidity completing the picture. Dangerously good drinking.

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type Red
Body Full Bodied
Variety Cabernet Sauvignon
Country Australia
Region Henty
Australian State VIC
Feature Women in Wine
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 93
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure Screw Cap

Crawford River

Crawford River is very much a family operation. The talented Thomson clan have been producing wine from their beautiful home vineyard since 1985.

The Bordeaux varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc thrive on the estate, but it's Riesling that they are most famous for.

They produce a range of styles of varying ages that are outstanding. Many consider them as one of the country's premier producers of the noble variety.

These are wines of purity and elegance. Small-batch, family-owned, traditional winemaking and good, honest farming is at the core of everything Crawford River does.

Belinda and John Thomson - Henty, VIC Crawford River

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