I have endless respect for the Balgownie Cabernets – in great years, they are wonderful, ageless, powerhouse wines of tannins and just-right weight. This Balgownie Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 is not my favourite vintage, though no doubt about the concentration.
Smudgey ripe cedar this vintage – it feels thicker, and slightly ill-defined for Balgownie. Dry red earth, mint, but also riper thick plum fruit. The palate is a bit ripe and heady, too, the hearty drying edges are a bit of an attack this vintage. It has legs, even if something of a drying red that seems destined to always be a bit raspy tannic and warm. The score is a nod to the length, which is still first-rate.
- Best drinking: now to fifteen years
- Score (out of 20): 17.7
- Score (out of 100): 92
- Alcohol %: 14
- RRP (in $AUD): 50
- Winery website: https://www.balgownie.com/
- Would I buy it?: a glass.
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