Nannup Estate Rolling Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

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Erin Larkin - Halliday's Wine Companion

95/5% cabernet sauvignon/malbec. Matured for 16 months in French oak (28% new). This is layered and finely textured, with oodles of cassis, pomegranate, redcurrant and mulberry. Very elegant, with cooling acidity through the finish.

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James Suckling

This is showing a complex array of moss, bark, blackcurrants and spice box on the nose. Full-bodied, savory and spicy, with creamy tannins and a flavorful and fleshy finish. Drink now or hold. Screw cap.

Jeni Port - winepilot.com

Nannup Estate’s home is in the emerging Blackwood Valley region of Western Australia. Like its neighbour to the west, Margaret River, the Valley looks to the Cabernet grape for one of its signature wines. If Rolling Hills ’19 Cabernet is anything to go by, the Valley style is firm in tannin and requiring of patience before it starts to hit its straps. All the ingredients are here from arresting fruit – blackcurrant, blueberry, redcurrant – to lively oak-derived spice and varietally-strong leafy, herbal notes. As it opens up, there is a little more give, a glimpse of enlivening anise, cedar and sweet black berries. But it’s just a glimpse at this stage. Taut tannins keep everything in their place and then some, giving the wine great line and length, but the overall effect remains one of restraint. Give it time.