Balgownie Estate 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (Bendigo)

Country: Australia /
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon Victoria
Winery: Balgownie Estate / Bendigo

Rather restrained, this is a dark, concentrated wine built for some time in the cellar. It’s got Bordeaux-like structure in its crisp acids and firm tannins, but clean, New World cassis flavors tinged with vanilla and cedary oak. Drink 2010–2015.