Allegiance Wines The Artisan Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
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Allegiance Wines The Artisan Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2024
$70, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Coonawarra.

A significant bloom of flavour combines beautifully here with a curl of authoritative tannin. Rose petal and violet notes – combined with sweet, smoked cedarwood characters – adds both lift and an impression of ‘extra’. There’s a twiggy, briary, herbal bass note through the back palate but the fruit washes straight on over it. This is an impressive wine. 93+ points.

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