Terre a Terre Crayeres Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz 2022

This sophisticated, mighty, premium red is from one of the most celebrated of unions in the wine world. When Lucy Croser, daughter of Australian wine legend Brian Croser married Xavier Bizot of the Bollinger Champagne house, two powerhouse wine families from opposite sides of the world are now entwined by marriage. With Gold and many scores of between 93 and 96pts are testament to the quality of this, their concentrated Wrattonbully Cab Shiraz. "Raspberry gel, pomegranate juice and morello cherries in syrup. Blackberry wine gums, sage and thyme... ease of drinking and the ability to please an array of palates. Still knitting together, this wine will cellar very well, as it opens like a flower in slow motion. Tannins are lacy and fine with peaks of acidity dotted throughout the palate. Cinnamon, cumin and mace spice to finish. 95pts” (Shanteh Wale, Halliday Wine Companion). For John Lehmann in The Australian it shows: "Intense blackberry and sour cherry aromas, accented by black pepper spice, crushed oregano and sage. Waves of sour cherry, aniseed, dark chocolate and earthiness coat the mouth, with a hint of mint keeping it fresh. Soft tannins. (As a footnote, Terre a Terre shows that if you take a Frenchman out of France, he too will blend cabernet and shiraz.")