Church Road 1 Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Already producers of an incredible line up of wines that most would give an arm and a leg for. We’re talking Church Road’s world class TOM, Grand Reserve, McDonald Series, Gwen and Estate range. They thought, heck, there’s always room for 1 more. Introducing, Church Road 1!

Single vineyard wines, hand crafted in small batches and all bottles individually numbered. This is the 2021 vintage Cabernet Sauvignon using fruit from their Gimblett Gravels vineyards, aged 18 months in French oak.

Scoring a whopper rating of 97/100 with Master of Wine Bob Campbell who said “Intense, inky cabernet sauvignon with cassis, blackberry, cacao nib, cigar box/cedar wood, black olive and nutty oak flavours. A core of sweet fruit balances the wine’s tannins making the wine more approachable in its youth although it appears to have plenty of cellaring potential. Good varietal definition although I can’t help wondering if a blend of merlot might have added an extra dimension”

Scoring 95/100 with Cam Douglas MS who said “An expressive, bold yet slight understated bouquet focusing on the purity of fruit first with blackberry and roasted dark plum scents, baking spices with anise then toasty barrel notes with wood smoke and vanilla. Youthful, complex and quite powerful. As the wine open up in glass the scents and flavours begin to amplify with the lines between fruits and wine making beginning to blur. Don’t get me wrong this wine is taut, dry and very youthful with big tannins and a decent acid line, the core of fruit however soaks these characters up easily suggesting a wine that will age well. The lengthy finish and persistent flavours with its sound structure suggest a wine best drinking from 2029 through 2050.”

It’s a true full blooded style Cabernet full of plush dark fruit flavours with cedar and spice. Enjoy this “1” now but it’s crafted with the long term in mind too – cellar up to 15 years from vintage.