New Vintage
A standout winery of South Australia's Langhorne Creek, Lake Breeze has drawn plenty of well deserved acclaim of late, including being named 'Best Value Winery' in the 2022 Halliday Wine Companion. A classic Australian blend of Langhorne Creek Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, Lake Breeze 'Bernoota' has long been considered one of Australia's most popular and best value red wines.
The 2022 Lake Breeze Bernoota is a blend of Shiraz (60%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (40%), with grapes carefully selected from old vines on the Follett family vineyard. Matured for 20 months in both American and French oak barriques, this offers impressive fruit intensity, with loads of blackberry, dark plum, licorice with the quality oak playing a nice support role. Another cracking value Bernoota that offers enormous appeal in the short to medium-term.
"Grown on vines with an average age of 40 years. Matured initially in all-American oak (20% new) and then transferred to a mix of American and French oak (20 months total in barrel); 60/40 blend in cabernet's favour. It's a rich, luscious wine, blackcurrant flavours tumbling through vanilla and mint, tobacco notes made cuddlier by the general creamy softness of the palate. No Aussie red-wine drinker will be left disappointed. 93 Points. $22. 14.5% alc. Drink: 2024 - 2032"- Campbell Mattinson, winecompanion.com.au.
