After decades of delivering some of New Zealand’s most highly awarded wines, Tim Preston and his team have decided to let loose with the creative juices and put together some wines/blends that differ from their mainstream range. This blend of 63% cabernet sauvignon and 27% cabernet franc has a heft of dried herbs, pepper and boysenberry boldness and a higher-than-normal 33% injection of American oak imparts a smoky, caramelised, vanillin character in the mid-palate.
Parmesan-crusted lamb rack? Heck yes!
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