Hickinbotham 'Trueman' Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

This is just ballistically good. If this was made by Penfolds they’d charge you 500 bucks for it. It has might and power but it’s not over the top; fruit-wise it’s ‘only’ medium in weight and, indeed, it boasts both an elegance and a fruit freshness. But my oh my, what a swagger of tannin, what an infusion of fragrant shrubbery, what commanding length. Oak, smoky and cedar-like, plays a key role but safe to say, the wine is up to it and then some. Roll me in a river of this. Smoked tobacco. Old dry bay leaves. Fresh redcurrant, into black. This is a cabernet. Drink 2024-2040+, 96+ Points - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front.

Stunningly crafted example of McLaren Cabernet. Layered, expansive wine with a luscious dark berry center. Has that characteristic Hickinbotham lift to the mid palate that powers through to a savory close. Oak has been very well handled and is integrated seamlessly into the wine. Its robust and regimented, a well-built wine that will appeal to lovers of that type. Has the bones to go further and offer a little more give than the imposing younger palate presents right now. Will Lennox, FWC