Clairault Cabernet Merlot 2012

This Cabernet taps into the structured form of old, complete with a little leaf and mint for good measure. There’s still plenty of expansive Merlot fruit on top, tending almost jammy in places (a common trait in ’12 Margs reds) then finishing with dusty, drying tannins, the connection between fruit and tannins still resolving itself.

Approachable yet structured, good value Margaret River Cab Merlot from a somewhat enigmatic producer.