Nightfall Single Vineyard Draco Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Nightfall Single Vineyard Draco Cabernet Sauvignon 2021.

Nightfall Single Vineyard Draco Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
$250, 15% alcohol, cork, Coonawarra.

This is cabernet sauvignon to its back teeth, in the best of ways. It presents a beautiful mix of sweet, bold fruit and complex, nuanced leaf characters, though it does this in a seamless way, with all of its stitches hidden. Its tastes of blackcurrant, licorice, redcurrant and tobacco, with smoky, coffeed oak nestled right in there with the fruit. The tannin of this wine is assertive as well but then, it’s harmonious and complementary. There’s an overt power to this wine. There’s thick, velvety flavour. It’s a wine of stuffing and then some. 95 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

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