2023 Nocturne SV Cabernet Sauvignon Sheoak Vineyard Pierre Paillard A much more subtle dollop

A much more subtle dollop of wood can be found on the presently firmly reduced nose

96 points - Zekun Shuai

is a very good one and it scored 92 in the RdVdF

A real brambley and earthy / iodine inflected generous red with some spicy Rhone-like characteristics

picked from all 45 Cristal vineyard plots

2023 Nocturne SV Cabernet Sauvignon Sheoak Vineyard Pierre Paillard A much more subtle dollopThe 2023 Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon comes from the Sheoak vineyard and leads with all the purity, precision and balance that we have come to expect from the glorious 2023 season. You get cassis, raspberry pip, dried herbs, sheets of nori, iodine and leather. The wine is potently intense; the fruit penetrates the palate and stains it with flavor. The wine is still opening up; it's so young as to be inchoate and with a long, bright future ahead.