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Paritua Red Merlot Cabernet 2020

A$65.00
AvailabilityIn stock
Volume750ml
Region/CountryNew Zealand, Hawkes Bay
Rating94 points
Description

***ONE OF THE GREAT VALUE PREMIUM HAWKE'S BAY REDS***

Long recognised as one of the very best buys amongst the premium Hawke's Bay 'Bordeaux blends', Paritua Red is a powerfully fruited cabernet dominant wine, with silken mouthfeel and wonderful mid-palate drive. 2021 was an excellent vintage in the Bay and this lovely wine shines with the bounty of that great growing season.

Expect lots of complexity and detail in the glass and expect to wish you'd ordered a few more bottles. It comes very highly recommended.

Ratings
Score94 points
ReviewerCam Douglas MW
Review

Dark core of purple and ruby hues with a fuchsia rim and some colour stained tears lead to a bouquet of concentration and power with blackberry and dark plum, barrel spices of clove and vanilla, iron-or soil and hard stone soil scents, violet and synergies of complexity from all that bouquet shows. A youthful and textured wine touches the palate first with a mixed berry flavour, firm tannins and acid line. As the wine begins to open out in glass the supple side begins to show with violets and plums then baking spices and toasty barrel highlights. Taut and youthful still so cellar time needed for this wine. Best drinking from 2026 through 2036+.

Excellent.

Specifications
ClosureCork
Serving temp14-18 °C
Alcohol14.5%
Cellar UntilUntil 2036
Food Pairing

Red meats and game birds

Tasting Profile
nose

A deep ruby red colour, with complex and dense aroma of, cassis blackberry blackcurrant, wild forest berries with fine cedar notes, oyster shell and graphite vanilla, baking spices, some cigar box notes and dark chocolate

palate

The palate is silky and rich, with powerful mid palate tannins and concentrated blackberry, cassis, with a fine and long savoury finish.

Paritua Red Merlot Cabernet 2020
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