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• Paritua Platinum Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (Hawke’s Bay)

  

  A big show-stopper, this firm, long and very young wine is lavished with creamy, vanillin oak. Reticent at first, it …

  4 | $80-$100

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• Askerne Cabernet Franc 2019 (Hawke’s Bay)

  

  Kathryn and John Loughlin established Askerne in 1993, expanding in 2000 into the neighbouring orchard to take it to 20ha, …

  5 | $20-$25 Best Buys

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• Church Road 1 Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (Hawke’s Bay)

  

  An impressively structured wine from Redstone Vineyard in the Bridge Pa Triangle, this long, dense wine is a seriously powerful …

  4 | $80-$100

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• Decibel Wines Testify by Daniel Brennan Red 2018 (Hawke’s Bay)

  

  Here, malbec makes its presence known as 80% of the blend, with merlot comprising the remaining 20%. As it happens, …

  4 | $50-$60

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• Askerne Reserve Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2019 (Hawke’s Bay)

  

  Askerne has delivered a one-two punch here. A more serious and less easy-drinking wine than the cabernet franc, this is …

  5 | $30-$40

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• Stonecroft Gimblett Gravels Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 (Hawke’s Bay)

  

  Current owners of Stonecroft, Dermot McCollum and Andria Monin, started making a 100% cabernet sauvignon cuvée in the great Hawke’s …

  5 | $40-$50

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• Taylor’s Estate Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (Clare Valley)

  

  Minty eucalyptus marks this as an old-school classical Clare Valley cabernet. Mulberry fruit, crême de cassis, blackcurrant leaf, cloves and …

  4 | $15-$20 Best Buys

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• Yalumba The Signature Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz, Hawke’s Bay, 2016

  3 | $30-$40

• Vasse Felix Premier Cabernet Sauvignon, Argentina, 2017

  3 | $30-$40

• Yalumba The Menzies Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

  The terra rossa soils of Coonawarra are responsible for one of the most identifiable and terroir-expressive forms of cabernet sauvignon …

  4 | $40-$50

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