97 Points - Shanteh Wale
Balnaves of Coonawarra is a proudly family-owned winery nestled in the heart of South Australia’s famed Coonawarra region. Established in 1975, the Balnaves family has built a reputation for producing some of the region's finest wines, with a focus on Cabernet Sauvignon and other Bordeaux-inspired varieties.
Balnaves The Tally represents the flagship wine of this family-owned winery in the heart of the famous Coonawarra region. The 2022 Balnaves The Tally is again a wonderful example of the lofty heights Coonawarra Cabernet is capable of reaching. Deep rich red in colour, the nose is perfumed with perfectly ripened dark blackberry, liquorice and cassis fruit. The palate is firm and full bodied, with fleshy cassis and blackberry fruit. The finish is long and textured with fine grainy grape tannins. This wine showing the structure and completeness typical of 'The Tally'. Made to cellar with confidence, decant before drinking.
"97 Points. Hand picked from the Dead Morris vineyard and co-fermented with 9% petit verdot. Matured for 14 months in 36% new fine-grain Taransaud French oak barriques. A choir of purple-clad gospel singers harmonise through bilberries, blackberries and cherries. There is a swirl of lilac and caraway seed spice that echoes throughout. Acidity is fine tuned to the powdery, silt-like tannins. It's vibrant, with more savoury, sappy richness this vintage than in the past. I can tell you this for free, this is one hell of a memorable wine. Drink now if you need to taste to believe and then put a case away for decades to come. $100. 14% alc. Drink: 2024 - 2045. Screwcap"- Shanteh Wale, Halliday Wine Companion.
