Balgownie Estate Centre Block Cabernet Sauvignon
Bendigo
Price Range at Release: $50-$99
Vintage: 2022
Alc %: 13.8
$ Rel: 85
An astonishing wine - almost cabernet on steroids - delivering a plush, but long and linear expression of perfectly ripened fruit underpinned by a firm, drying backbone of powdery tannins. It's powerful and assertive, long and complete, with the kind of presence and structure that simply cries out for cellaring time: in this case more than two decades.
Last Date Tasted: 26/02/2025
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Drink Now
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Maybe Too Old
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2022
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96 | 19.1 | 2042-2052 |
Winery
Balgownie Estate
Balgownie has come a long way from its early times as a small individual domaine near Bendigo, although its finest wines still come from the original plantings established in 1969 by former Bendigo chemist, musician and Bugatti fiend, Stuart Anderson. This vineyard is a national treasure - it has the ability to produce reds from cabernet sauvignon and shiraz that cellar with the elegance and longevity to rival anything in Australia, yet it can also produce savoury and mineral chardonnay the equal of some fine cool-climate sites. The scarce releases of Old Vine Shiraz are nothing short of spectacular. The Yarra Valley wines, the best of which now have a white label, are still some distance from these classics. There's a question over the future of the Bendigo vineyard after its purchase by a developer. One might pray that a mutually beneficial solution can be found to preserve as much of this historically significant vineyard as possible.
Chief Executive(s):
David Glassock
Winemaker:
Tony Winspear
Viticulturist:
Steven Bullock
Production Dozen:
15000
Tonnes Processed:
200
Red Wines
Black Label Sangiovese >
Cabernet Merlot
Centre Block Cabernet Sauvignon >Centre Block Shiraz >Estate Cabernet Sauvignon >Estate Merlot Cabernet Franc
Estate Pinot Noir >Estate Shiraz >Merlot
No. 4 Red Blend >Old Vine Cabernet Sauvignon >Old Vine Shiraz >Rock Block Shiraz >Shiraz Viognier
White Label Yarra Valley Pinot Noir >Yarra Valley Pinot Noir >
Address:
46 Hermitage Road , Maiden Gully , Victoria 3551 Australia
Principal Wine Region:
Bendigo,Yarra Valley
Telephone:
(03) 5449 6222
Website:
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