2017 Auld Family Wines Strawbridge Cabernet Sauvignon

A dense red in the glass with a nose that shows the impact of a cooler year, with gentle herbs framing blackcurrant with a background of dark chocolate. The palate reveals a full bodied wine with a sweetness of dark berry fruit set against a drying backbone of tannins that take on a unsweetened chocolate and liquorice character. The impact of oak dominates the finish with a sappiness that overwhelms the fruit at this point of the wines development. The wine will continue to integrate and grow in the years to come.