Bethany First Village Shiraz/Cabernet 2018

Fruit forward and gorgeously complex at the same time with blackberry, sweet cherry, spicy oak, olive and warm spice characters with a hint of floral overtone. It’s succulent and lingering on the palate offering youthful fruit power combined with silky texture, making it fabulously drinkable. At its best: now to 2032. Score – 93. (Sam Kim, wineorbit.co.nz, May 2021)