Enjoy Now to 2032/2035
Drawing on the marriage of Tahbilk’s older vine plantings and a stellar vintage the winemaking team have crafted a red with a wonderful depth of character.
Aromas and flavours of Asian five spice and floral hints alongside generous dark and red berry fruits are graced by well-integrated cedary oak and fine but assertive tannins.
Delicious current drinking … additional complexity will come with judicious cellaring.

Don't Just Take Our Word For It ...

"Shows plenty of Tahbilk personality: relaxed and confident, no show-off.
It's all about keeping true to an evergreen house style. Emphasises warm, ripe, sweet blackberried fruit and baking spices, earth, briar, chocolate and gentle woodsy oak against a firm tannin background. Has further cellaring age on its mind."
Jeni Port | Wine Companion | May 2024

VINTAGE 2020
There are few Australians who will forget the 2019/2020 summer as bushfires burnt across the Eastern seaboard after a dry winter and spring. Thankfully there were no fires in central Victoria, and although it was smoky at times in Nagambie Lakes, Tahbilk fruit was not affected by smoke taint.
The dry winter and spring had our vineyard staff diligently monitoring soil moisture and irrigating when necessary. January and February saw temperatures fluctuating from blazing hot 40 degrees plus days to very mild 20-degree days.
Initially the very hot days seemed to slow the ripening but, similar to recent vintages, we commenced picking in early February.
The unforgiving season continued through harvest, with tropical storms resulting in weekly rainfall that, whilst irritating to the Vineyard and Winery crews, was not enough to significantly impact yields or initiate disease.
All varieties came in with excellent colour and flavour and 2020 is noted as a vintage of very good whites and terrific reds – not unusual for a dry season