Description

Deeply coloured, the 2005 Curly Red has great depth of damson plum and blackcurrant fruit on the nose framed by aromas of cedarwood cigar box and spice. On the palate the Cabernet gives structure and the Merlot fleshes out the heart of the wine with its sweet ripe fruit: a classic example of the synergy between these varieties; its almost as if the Cabernet creates a wonderful stockade to contain (and throw into contrast) the mad, joyful exuberance of the Merlot – without the steadying hand of the Cabernet one can imagine things getting terribly out of control with Merlot racing around unrestrained everywhere…….and gardens, dining tables and shirtfronts all around the land might never be the same again. And then there’s the tannins from both the fruit and the oak: altogether sterner than the Cabernet but wonderfully integrated into the whole, and guiding the wine into a long, fine finish, still beautifully awash in blackcurrant fruit.