Charles Melton Nine Popes 2021 bodegas-callejuela Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot flourish

Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot flourish in the conditions at Bendigo and produce a lovely rich red with flavours of black currants

The aging involves the use of new oak barrels

The second plot

with a dense and full-bodied texture

Charles Melton Nine Popes 2021 bodegas-callejuela Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot flourishLovely deep colour. Nice bright crimson edge to the colour. Opens on nose with a delightful spicy licorice all sorts amalgam of sweet perfume and spice, although 50% new oak was used, it remains in the background as a support to the exotic aromatics. Licorice and meat stock flavours lead into a plush rounded structure, with an excellent volume of finely wrought tannins to help shepherd this wine many years into the future.