Earthy, dark berries and floral aromas. The palate is full bodied, with rich notes of Blackberry, plums and cassis. Earthy notes of forest floor and leather. There's also bay leaf, dried herbs and cedar. The supple tannins frame the wine well with a long finish.

Appearance Deep violet Aromas Fresh mint and blackberries Flavours Cassis and red berries with finely grained tannins

It has a classic lift of essential Cabernet fruit aromas, a perfume of dark mulberries with a lift of white mulberries, tayberries and bramble-berries that have been baked with a fresh pie crust. A great heady aroma with rich red ripe fruits but also some hints of crushed violets and whiffs of mushrooms, olives, dried herbs and suggestions of briar and undergrowth wisping in and out. There is also a shot of old school glossy tri-coloured boiled sweets character to this most complex Coonawarra Cabernet. Two years in oak has allowed a meshing of some spice and cedar oak maturation to complex.

With the oldest cool climate vineyard in Western Australia, Forest Hill consistently presents boutique wines with strong regional characters. Their Estate range represents the varieties for which Great Southern is famous such as elegant Cabernet. This full red coloured Cabernet presents dense currant and light cedary oak aromas. It has a beautiful deep, dark core of fruit with ripe yet firm tannins and elegant persistence. Dark and brooding, it will cellar well.