Winemaker Notes
Aromas of cassis, blackcurrant leaf and cedar. Bright layers of blackcurrant and satsuma plum, a long and graceful palate, with smooth, graphite-like tannins.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
There's plenty to unfurl in this dense and concentrated version, with kirsch, blackberry preserves and cassis notes, plus a mix of clove, black licorice, tobacco, white pepper, rosemary, black tea and baking spice details. The harmony and seamlessness is impressive, as is the length.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2022 Compono Cabernet is a bright, fleshy, aromatic wine, with pliable tannic structure and a cavalcade of dark forest fruits. This is exotic and a little chewy and, most importantly, shaded with nuances of graphite and bramble, blueberry and star anise. Eden Valley is at a higher elevation with greater diurnal range than the valley floor, and this no doubt contributes to the natural acid and effortless balance of fruit and tannins.
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Vinous
The expressive and elegant 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Compono, a blend of Barossa Valley and Eden Valley fruit, delivers poised and refined aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf and eucalypt with well-integrated French oak. Compact and midweight, with perfumed violet flavors topped by gravelly complexity, this wine is quite sophisticated but needs time to build.
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
The Barossa Zone encompasses the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley. Some of the oldest vines in Australia can be found here.
Barossa Valley of course is the most important and famous wine growing region in all of Australia where 140+ year-old, dry-farmed Shiraz vines still produce inky, purple and dense juice for some of Australia's best wines.
In the cooler, wetter Eden Valley sub-region, the Hill of Grace vineyard is home to famous Shiraz vines from the 1800s but the region produces also some of Australia’s very best and age-worthy Rieslings.