2022 Leconfield 'Manor House' Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon

· 96pts Ray Jordan (Wine Pilot): “The first thing you note is the color. It's deep and opaque. And then the nose displays all you expect from those blackcurrant and dark berry characters of Coonawarra, but with that fine leafy lift that brings a regionality to it. The palate is both structured and yet elegantly defined, with a firm thread of fine limestone-like characters, of the tannins neatly sitting with the integration of fine oak. This is a wine that's built for extended cellaring, and yet its balance is so supreme that it can be enjoyed right now. Super wine. Cellar to 20 years.”

· 95+pts Kim Brebach (BWU20): “Another great vintage, and other great red at a bargain price offering rich ripe blackcurrants and mulberries wrapped in pencil-shavings oak, with background notes of dried herbs and licorice. Its perfect balance and fine polish makes it good drinking already”

· 95pts Sam Kim (Wine Orbit): "The wine is beautifully aromatic, featuring notes of blackcurrant, cedar, dried herbs, toasted spice, and rich floral scents. On the palate, it is concentrated, sumptuous, and delicious. The wine displays splendid complexity with a richly textured mouthfeel and grainy tannins, leading to a robust and persistent finish. At its best: now to 2037. $40.00."

· 94pts Ken Gargett (Wine Pilot): “Leconfield remains one of those always reliable if slightly under the radar operations, which have mastered the Coonawarra region’s great variety, Cabernet Sauvignon. Their wine should most definitely be on your radar. Dark opaque maroon, the wine has a nose which is full of fruit and flavour, quite intense, with notes of aniseed, cloves, blackberries, cassis, soy, coffee grinds and chocolate. The wine is focused, tight and poised, with a sleek texture through to fine powdery tannins. There is serious length here and the wine should drink impressively for the next fifteen years.”