Shimmering red

The wine is deep into its Golden Years with savory tones of smoked bacon

cool and reserved nose features superb breadth with a wonderfully appealing array of plum

9% of this wine is from Australia—A1 grade Aussie Cabernet Sauvignon from South Australia

Once again at least some patience will be necessary as this is presently quite tightly wound

Ferren, Lancel Creek Chardonnay Size:6x750ml Shimmering redThe 2014 Chardonnay Lancel Creek Vineyard is a powerful, immediate wine. Huge on the palate, the 2014 has tons of density, but less in the way of finesse and nuance. For another producer, this would be a superb wine, but here, it is the least exciting of the three Chardonnays. Antonio Galloni