J.B. Barry Clarevale Cabernet Malbec 2021

J.B. Barry Clarevale Cabernet Malbec 2021
$400, 13.3% alcohol, screwcap, Clare Valley.

Welcome to the new-old world of great Australian dry red wine. This wine can be placed in the cellar under the heading Legend of the Future. Indeed if this wasn’t a new release, I’d say of this wine that they don’t make them like this anymore. What I’m trying to say is: this Clare Valley Cabernet Malbec is dry, deep, stern, tannic, long and profound, and it is without any overt sign of oak, or excess of alcohol, and it is in the most uncompromised of ways. It’s a firm, deep, I-don’t-care-about-now wine. It has an elegance too, I dare say, but the way profound fruit is presented fresh, and the way tannin is completely let off the chain, is magnificent. Don’t buy it as a birth year wine for your kids. Buy it as a birth year wine for your grandkids. 97 points.