Reduction masks the underlying fruit though there is a really lovely inner mouth perfume to the punchy and gorgeously textured middle weight flavors that brim with minerality on the sappy and wonderfully complex finale that flashes first-rate length

it offers restrained notes of game

Earliest bud break in history

all sourced from sandy soils

Note that this too will require a few years to add depth because it is less complex than I typically find it at this same stage

Patria, A Price Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions_australia Reduction masks the underlying fruitI loved the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon A. Price Vineyard from barrel, and it doesn't disappoint from bottle. Based on 100% Cabernet Sauvignon brought up in new barrels, it offers a dense purple color as well as backward, almost primordial aromas and flavors of red and black currants, blueberries, smoked earth, toasty oak, and candied blood orange. This has closed down since last year in barrel (as have most 2018s) and is full bodied, concentrated, and