Clairault Streicker Wines

2016 STREICKER IRONSTONE BLOCK OLD VINE MARGARET RIVER CABERNET SAUVIGNON

$60 / 2033

Gently crushed, to the point that the berries just split, without gleaning excessive astringency. Pumped over for 18 days, three-times per day. The sort of extraction regime more should adopt. A whiplash of cassis, black olive, bouquet garni and clove. Compelling intensity here, with gravelly graphite tannins keeping it on the straight and narrow. There is no doubt this rich red will provide riveting drinking in maturity. Now, still structural; almost sculptuesque of composition. 14% alc.