Henschke Abbotts Prayer Merlot Cabernet 2018

Pure feeling, medium weight, effortless glide, and a sense of succulence to texture. Violets and blueberries with old spice cupboard and graphite to sniff on. Flavours similar but compact kept in a dart-thrust of flavour with ribbons of fine, lacy tannins. Good length, good persistence, and a general tension here that speaks of ‘needs time in cellar’ or will benefit from such.