Elephant Hill Reserve Merlot Cabernet Franc Cab 750ml

Elephant Hill Reserve Hawkes Bay Merlot Cabernets Franc Cab 2017 750ml 5 stars 95100 Sam Kims Wine Orbit5 stars Michael Cooper5 stars 1920 Raymond Chan Wine Reviews5 stars The Wine WriterExcellent 94100 Cameron Douglas MS Elephant Hill only releases this stunning wine when the quality is top notch and this 2017 release has undoubtedly reached that point Vinted from merlot cabernet franc cabernet sauvignon and a spash of malbec its their take on a Bordeaux blend Its structured and elegant with black fruit flavours Its drinking well now although this wine will really come into its own after a few years in the cellar The bouquet is poise and harmonious with fragrances of violet and medicinal herbs along with cassis dark plums cedar and tobacco lingers with good intensity Fullbodied the palate has good concentrated flavours of an amalgam of cassis dark plums and red berries along with violet and medicinal herbs unveiling tobacco cedar and oak spice detail The fruit is juicy and fresh lifted by lacy acidity and shows strength and vitality Velvety finegrained tannin extraction provides structure and backbone immersing cedar and tobacco detail lengthening the sustained finish in harmony Candice Chow Raymond Chan Wine Reviews 1920 pointsClassically composed and gorgeously styled the wine shows cassis dark cherry spicy oak olive and subtle cocoa characters on the nose Wine Orbit 5 stars 95 pointsFragrant and fullbodied it has concentrated blackcurrant plum spice and nut flavours complex and savoury and a wellrounded finish Michael Cooper 5 stars Alc 135