2019 Brand & Sons Sanctuary Cabernet Sauvignon

Dense midnight black heart with a dark red black tinged hue. Elevated blackcurrant and liquorice aromas mix with earth, black olive, vanillin cedar, hints of leather and mint. Rich and powerful, a concentrate of blackcurrant and liquorice fruit floods the full bodied palate. Earthy vanillin cedar, tobacco, mint, black olive and subtle leather characters lurk in the background. A sturdy tannin structure lends firmness to what is otherwise an opulent feel. Long robust conclusion.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 14.5%

Other Reviews……
This takes deep-seated blackcurrant and mint flavours and injects them with long rakes of tannin. It feels profound from the first sip and it continues this impression all the way through to its super-long finish. Talk about impressive. The purity of the fruit, the integration of the (smoky) oak, the swagger of it; the confidence. You don't just drink this wine, you follow it. This is pretty much as good as it gets. Drink by 2049
97 Points
Campbell Mattinson - James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

From vineyards on the famous red terra rossa soil in central Coonawarra, planted in 1985. After destemming, the grapes are pressed directly to barrel. The wine spends two years maturing in French oak (mostly), half of which is new. Only 220 dozen made. This is the team’s prestige release and made from barrel selection. An opaque maroon colour, there is serious power and intensity here. Notes of chocolate, tobacco leaf, new leather, warm earth, blackberries, soy and aniseed. Supple texture, very fine tannins, an exemplary structure. The palate sees some delicious blueberries emerge. The wine is nicely balanced with great length and is a twenty year proposition – really impressive. Drink 2023-2043.
97 Points
Ken Gargett – WinePilot.com