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 slowly opens to reveal the combination of blackcurrant and tobacco leaf which marks cabernet sauvignon in cooler-climate New Zealand. The submerged structure emerges on the finish as dusty tannins and a sustained twist of acidity to liven the palate.