Penfolds CWT 521 Cabernet Sauvignon Marselan 2021
Penfolds CWT 521 Cabernet Sauvignon Marselan 2021
On the nose, there is already open and lifted cassis, bramble and black cherry fruit, with sweet herbaceousness (mint) from the Cabernet and a hint of blueberry, damson and violet from the Marselan. On the palate, it is full-bodied, with relatively well-integrated 15% alcohol, angular but also rounded tannins, some supporting acidity and a decent core of ripe dark fruit with that relatively harmonious new-oak component. What impressed me for an initial outing for this wine is the fruit selection that must have occurred to manage pyrazine so well and how the sometimes chunky, upfront tannins of Marselan have been nicely blended here with the Cabernet.
Region YUNNAN , China
Grape Cabernet Sauvignon, Marselan
Type Red Wine
Penfolds CWT 521 Cabernet Sauvignon Marselan 2021
On the nose, there is already open and lifted cassis, bramble and black cherry fruit, with sweet herbaceousness (mint) from the Cabernet and a hint of blueberry, damson and violet from the Marselan. On the palate, it is full-bodied, with relatively well-integrated 15% alcohol, angular but also rounded tannins, some supporting acidity and a decent core of ripe dark fruit with that relatively harmonious new-oak component. What impressed me for an initial outing for this wine is the fruit selection that must have occurred to manage pyrazine so well and how the sometimes chunky, upfront tannins of Marselan have been nicely blended here with the Cabernet.
Region YUNNAN , China
Grape Cabernet Sauvignon, Marselan
Type Red Wine
Penfolds CWT 521 Cabernet Sauvignon Marselan 2021
On the nose, there is already open and lifted cassis, bramble and black cherry fruit, with sweet herbaceousness (mint) from the Cabernet and a hint of blueberry, damson and violet from the Marselan. On the palate, it is full-bodied, with relatively well-integrated 15% alcohol, angular but also rounded tannins, some supporting acidity and a decent core of ripe dark fruit with that relatively harmonious new-oak component. What impressed me for an initial outing for this wine is the fruit selection that must have occurred to manage pyrazine so well and how the sometimes chunky, upfront tannins of Marselan have been nicely blended here with the Cabernet.
Region YUNNAN , China
Grape Cabernet Sauvignon, Marselan
Type Red Wine
