100% Cabernet Sauvignon
97 Points Decanter
100% Cabernet Sauvignon aged 30–32 months in ultra-tight grain French oak barriques. The wine displays a shimmering, lucid ruby colour. Gorgeous, dusty, dark berry fruit unfolds with an incredible panoply of mulled Christmas spices and warm berry pie compote. Full-bodied and texturally defined, framed by a core of ultra-fine tannins with added dark berry fruit depth. It is a meal unto itself but better paired with roasted meats drizzled in rich plum sauce and accompanied by prosciutto-wrapped figs.
96 Points The Wine Independent
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2021 The Dreamer Cabernet Sauvignon bursts with bold cassis, baked plums, and boysenberries notes, followed by hints of camphor, violets, and dark chocolate. The medium to full-bodied palate has a solid frame of bright freshness and firm, grainy tannins supporting the muscular black fruits, finishing long with a lively lift.
95 Points Jeb Dunnuck
The 2021 Cabernet Sauvignon The Dreamer has a sensational perfume of crème de cassis, spring flowers, graphite, and sweet, loamy earth-like nuances.
THE DREAMER exudes a deep ruby-brick color to accompany alluring aromas of blueberries and blue figs, framed by subtle hints of warm vanilla. Medium-bodied palate showcases red currant and Rainier cherry with silky, elegant tannins that lead to a long finish that evokes a poem you wish you had written.
WINEMAKER NOTES
This wine is dark and brooding, a wine of elegance, fine and structured tannins, and basically the wine-equivalent of a Wagner piece on a stormy night after unexpectedly making an enormous sum of money. In other words, it is fucking pure magic with rock bloody solid complexity on a very high level.
VINTAGE NOTES
There was no 2020 vintage due to the apocalyptic fires and so the 2021 has been a long time coming. An extremely small crop, dryness and zero heat spikes combined with super small, concentrated berries and a super long ripening season resulted in the vintage being hailed as one of the TRULY great ones.
VINEYARD NOTES
Sourced from small, family vineyards, (in some cases for 3-4 generations) that are farmed with great care and attention. These vineyards (some are 80+ years old) have been brought together, actually
COOPERAGE
Aged for 34 months in 100% new French oak. We only use the finest French oak barrique with stave wood that is hand-selected for ultra-tight grain, then air dried for three years before being made into barrels.
