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Description
The Amelia is one of the most reliable Cabernet blends in Victoria, and the 2022 vintage stays true to its roots. A significant portion of the fruit comes from the estate’s original plantings from 1963, adding depth and character. This year's blend is 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and 10% Petit Verdot.
The 2022 vintage showcases the hallmark elegance of Amelia, with a bit more ripeness and energy. The wine offers a core of blackcurrant and red fruits, tobacco leaf, violet perfume, and a chalky minerality that speaks to the vineyard’s maturity.
This medium-bodied beauty is built for cellaring but is irresistibly drinkable now, with finely etched tannins and a crisp cranberry-like acidity.
97 points
“As fragrant and elegant as ever with its aromas of red cherries, cassis, violets and just a little cigar box. It's fragrant in the mouth, too, with these gently chewy and persistent tannins giving the wine its shape and structure. Gorgeous from go to woe.”
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)
96 points
“It’s really good...has energy and perfume...Cellaring will unlock further nuance and beauty.”
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
