The name of this red is ridiculously long: Oakridge 864 Oakridge Vineyard Winery Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2023. Good luck shoehorning that into your minimalist wine list. Lucky, this is an epitome wine, where you say ‘that’s how Yarra Valley Cabernet should taste’. For it to lob up in a vintage where there are lots of middling Yarra wines is even more of an achievement. Dave Bicknell, I dip my lid. The real litmus test for this wine came when I took the rest of the bottle out to dinner with my non-wine friends. And despite it sitting on a table groaning with fancy wines, this red shone like a diamond.
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- Best drinking: now and for two decades.
- Score (out of 20): 18.7
- Score (out of 100): 95
- Alcohol %: 13.00
- RRP (in $AUD): 96
- Winery website: https://oakridgewines.com.au/
- Would I buy it?: sure would. It’s a lovely wine
