Yeringberg 'Yeringberg' Cabernet Blend 2021

A blend of 58/14/14/9/5% cabernet sauvignon/cabernet franc/merlot/petit verdot/malbec. Matured 20 months in French barriques (35% new). Bright crimson purple. From a great year, this is a beautifully fragrant and seductive Yeringberg with its aromas of blackcurrants, blueberries, cherry blossom, violets and just the right amount of oak-derived cedar and pencil-shaving scents. The epitome of medium bodied, it's elegant, discreet and persistent on the palate, even at this early juncture. Equally important, the fruit is perfectly framed by the wine's fine-grained and silky tannins and, as has been demonstrated on many occasions, this will mature slowly and gracefully.

Pungent sweet spices, fresh leather, violets and blackcurrants on the nose. The palate is finely styled, preferring elegance over brawn. Oak spice and tannins are a touch prominent in its youth but with time they will marry, given the intensity and complexity of the fruit. Bitter chocolate tannins temper the fruit. A refined cabernet blend for the ages.

Red and blue fruit, blonde tobacco and cedar, honey baked ham, some floral and mint perfume. It’s medium-bodied, svelte and red fruited, with a savoury cedar and tobacco edge, fine grained tannin, again that vaguely honey/floral thing, with a strawberry and cocoa powder finish of excellent length. A discreet ‘claret’ style, and certain to reward with requisite bottle age.