VINTAGE 2017
After many years of dry winters we received average to above average rains through the 2016 winter and spring. The grapevines responded, growing vivid green canopies and setting good crop levels.
A temperamental spring saw up and down temperatures and there were many ‘four seasons in a day’ events, and warmish rainy days. The latter caused anxiety for our vineyard managers, with the potential for mildew to develop. However good management and diligent monitoring allowed us to keep the vineyard disease free. 
Summer seemed transient but we did have three balmy weeks through March with ripening continuing at a steady pace. The fine, albeit slightly cooler, weather lingered on in April and harvest continued steadily with very few issues but thankful that the weather did hold. 
Vintage 2017 will be remembered as having a traditional late start with the very even and steady ripening resulting in distinct varietal flavours with bright fruit and elegant, fine structures

Enjoy Now to 2034/2038
True to its celebrated heritage, this is an impressive wine of great depth and character. 
Warm, dark fruits are interwoven with eucalypt and dried herbs, sweet spice notes, a dash  of black olive and cedary French oak. Expected tannins sit supportively on a finish that is  like the horizon never met … going on forever.
Cellaring potential out to 2034/2038 is a  given and this notable wine is appropriately presented under a replica Tahbilk 1870s label.

Don't just take our word for it ...

"Comes with 150 years of heritage from Victoria's oldest family-owned winery.
Generous dark fruits, chocolate and spice meld with eucalypt, black olives, dried sage and cedary French oak in a creation that lingers for hours.
Medium-bodied elegance, will cellar for another 25 years."
John Lehmann | Cellar Director - The Australian Wine Club | May 2023

“This is definitely about a taste of tradition, of measured oak, of ripe fruit allowed to fully express, and a sense of place in the earthy, dusty savouriness. This is no power Cabernet. Aromas of the Aussie bush, sage, baked earth, light herbals and violets. A warm, inviting palate of dark chocolate and spice, finishing with firm tannins. Elegant and enticing now, but save some for later.”
Jeni Port | www.winecompanion.com.au