Dark red garnet in colour with no discoloration due to the age. Overt tobacco, cigar box, cedar, and oak with dusty notes on the nose. Brambly blackberries coming though. On the palate dried herbs, red currants, cedar, a touch earthy with that signature iodine. The wine has those beautiful classic Cornerstone silky fine grain tannins. The wine seems quite delicate considering the blend. This wine might have peaked, but I have been wrong in the past with previous vintages.
Dark red garnet in colour with no discoloration due to the age. Overt tobacco, cigar box, cedar, and oak with dusty notes on the nose. Brambly blackberries coming though. On the palate dried herbs, red currants, cedar, a touch earthy with that signature iodine. The wine has those beautiful classic Cornerstone silky fine grain tannins. The wine seems quite delicate considering the blend. This wine might have peaked, but I have been wrong in the past with previous vintages.
May 13th, 2016
Gimblett Gravels, Hawkes Bay, North Island, New Zealand
