Lake's Folly Red Blend 2022
Yeringberg Shiraz 2021.
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Lake's Folly Red Blend 2022

$129.00
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The 2022 Folly Red is a declassified Cabernets, for those who know. The reason was this: the 2022 season was dry through to the end of February, when the rain started in earnest and, by all accounts, didn't stop until September or October, setting up the great 2023 season. The Cabernet Sauvignon, a later-ripening variety, was cactus by that point, and so the fruit was not picked. Hence, a "Folly Red" was produced, comprising 47% Shiraz, 34% Merlot and 19% Petit Verdot. So, the wine here leads with roses and cocoa, red apple skins, cassis and tobacco. On the palate, the wine is light and fine, bloody and floral. The tannins are chalky and fine and really cascade alongside the fruit. This is a lighter-styled wine and a truly pleasurable one at that. Recommended. Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate

A first for Lake's Folly, this year's Red is a blend of Shiraz 47%, Merlot 34%, and Petit Verdot 19%...The finished result: a unique, unprecedented blend - a cracking wine (albeit without our usual Cabernet component), though in very limited quantities this release! The fruit is open-fermented producing softer, more subtle tannins, and then transferred to large format casks for six months for settling, and then into small French oak barriques (new, one, and two-year-old) for approximately one year before bottling. Bright, lifted fruits of mulberries and hints of cedary oak. This wine is clean and vibrant with lovely richness from generous fruits; again, mulberries dominate the palate. Wonderful balance, perfect supporting French oak and fine-grained tannins – yum! Lovely as a young wine, though should also imagine it as a great 10+ years prospect - even without its typical Cabernet component. Rodney Kempe, Chief Winemaker, Lake's Folly

Critic Score:  94 Points
Drink from:  2024
Drink to:  2037
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Lake's Folly

Established in 1963 by Doctor Max Lake, Lake's Folly was the first new vineyard in the Hunter Valley last century. In early 2000 Lake's Folly was purchased by Peter and Lee Fogarty and family who, along with Hunter-born and bred winemaker, Rodney Kempe, have continued to maintain the integrity and direction of this significant vineyard. Our two flagship wines, a Cabernet blend and a Chardonnay, are made in limited quantities and are grown, vintaged, and made on the estate. The wine styles are restrained and elegant, showing finesse and complexity. They have clarity of structure and great length of flavour.

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