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93 POINT RATED SAM KIM WINE ORBIT BAROSSA VALLEY CABERNET MERLOT
Vintage: | 2021 |
Source/Region: | Barossa Valley, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Cabernet Merlot |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar for 5-8 years |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 14.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.60 |
Rating: | 93 |
A vibrant expression of dark red berries, earth and black plums with highly perfumed aromatics and a hint of pencil shavings so redolent of the varieties and blend.
The palate is bright, medium bodied and fluid, a real intensity and drive to the structure with very fine grained velvety tannins carrying fresh dark mulberries and blackberries through a structured, clove spice and 95% dark chocolate palate. The palate continues to a finish that is seamless, quiet and very long, providing an elegant close to the wine.
2021 provided us with exceptional conditions for growing high quality grapes. It was one of those years that had a little bit of everything but not too much of anything. We had good winter and spring rains with total rainfall for 2020 being right on the money for a normal average Barossa year (around 450-500mm). This lead to good fruiting conditions and a much more balanced yield than previous, drier years. The growing season then proceeded to give some nice warm conditions but never any of those potentially worrying heat events. Critically, the evening and night temperatures were always on the cooler side.
93 Point Rated - Sam Kim Wine Orbit
Sweetly ripe and beautifully fragrant with blackcurrant, thyme, spicy oak and floral aromas, it's beautifully rounded on the palate displaying ripe fruit intensity with supple texture and loads of fine tannins. Varietally expressive and wonderfully structured with a persistent sturdy finish. At its best: now to 2031.
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