Chapel Hill’s Cabernets actually taste like McLaren Vale Cabernet, which is a very good thing for a region with such a proud Cabernet history. The Chapel Hill Gorge Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is dark, leafy, and black-fruited, too. Bitter, a bit warm and dry, there is a certain plushness through the middle that drives it forward. Is it sexy? No. Is it seriously substantial? Heck, yes.

THE VERDICT

• Best drinking: I’d wait a few years and then drink over fifteen years or more
• Score (out of 20): 17.7
• Score (out of 100): 92
• Alcohol %: 14.5
• RRP (in $AUD): 70
• Winery website: https://www.chapelhillwine.com.au/
• Would I buy it?: a glass or two