The widowhood of the Empress Frederick...** **From: Royal With pinpoint precision, seamless, ethereal structure and exquisite balance, this is a truly Epic wine! Still, I thought, there is gobs of structure and potential here - lets see where this goes. Only produced in special vintages (the last being 2016), the Tzimmukin is made from partially air-dried grapes from the best parcels of their K-1 estate vineyard in the rolling Adelaide Hills region. The palate is the same, just a wall of tannins. Nope, let's cork this up and see where it goes Couple days later things are looking betterthe bouquet is vibrant and sexy with blackberry, mulberry and black cherry interlaced with currant notes that provide lift to the sensuous, rich, high-quality oak. We were allowed the privilege of purchasing just 80 cases of this magnificent wine (I had to buy quite a bit of 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon to get my hands on it :-). Sure enough, the next day the bouquet had really started to bloom and we spent the next several days watching this wine come to life. Taste of the Ocean and Shopping: Central Market Tour in Adelaide... This is the priciest wine I have ever offered in the Lot program, but it's worth every penny. Welcome to A Taste of South Africa, your go-to South African shop in Adelaide for authentic groceries, snacks, and pantry staples in Australia Vibrant, muscular and sinewy but surprisingly elegant on the palate with beautifully-integrated, minerally tannins interlaced with black and red fruits in a big, lush, palate-staining finish with big, chalky length and resounding fruit that echoes for a good minute or more.Wow. In 2012, 2018 and 2021, he was named Australian Winemaker of the Year by Australia’s leading wine industry publication, Winestate Magazine (Australia's version of the Wine Spectator). Tightly wound aromatics with a concave bouquet that draws you donw into the glass but gives up very little. Adelaide Buy Sovereign Black Taste Tea About | South African Shop - A Taste Of South Africa Hill Lollies Woolworths The wine was originally presented to us at our epic two-day 500 wines tasting and, I'll admit, at first I didn't get it. It had a concave bouquet, was supremely tightly wound and simply impenetrable on the palate. In 2012 and 2014, Wines by Geoff Hardy was also named Winestate Magazine’s Australian Wine Company of the Year, an award based on individual wine scores throughout the year. In the past, the wine has been a blend of Cabernet and Shiraz but, in 2019, they decided to do 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. By the end of the week it was really singing, and I decided then and there it would be assigned as Lot 350. The wine arrives next month but here are my notes from a recent tasting of one of the samples I brought home with me last Summer. $295/bottle under the original label Lot 350 | 2019 Adelaide Hills Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon was produced by rockstar winemaker Shane Harris for Geoff Hardy's 2019 Tzimmukin program.