Robert Oatley, Cabernet Sauvignon, Signature Series, 2019, Margaret River, Australia

This Cabernet Sauvignon from Robert Oatley is a big red wine showing off the heat of Australia. Dry, solid tannins but pretty smooth. I think a few more years laying down would help to soften it a bit more. The flavours are intense with blackberry and hedgerow berries, leather, oak are in there but that intensity is a bit over the top.

A rich beef strew or bbq would pair with this wine very well. At £13 a bottle it’s reasonably price but not my first choice.