Bella Oaks, Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_australia With medium body

With medium body

it fermented with some full clusters and indigenous yeasts in oak vats and had 30 days of maceration

7% Petit Verdot

There’s nothing attenuated or ethereal on the palate – it's remarkably dense

Theres fennel and licorice

Bella Oaks, Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_australia With medium bodyThe 2017 Proprietary Red Wine is a wine I tasted from barrel that I then missed from bottle, as the estate chose to release the 2018 first, and this wine fell through the cracks. Several recent bottles of the 2017 have all been sublime. Readers will find a wine that shows the mid weight, approachable style of the year off to great effect. Silky tannins wrap around dark toned fruit, mocha, spice, licorice and chocolate. The 2017 is an elegant,