Definitely a wine to throw in the decanter. Classically Australian in character, yet as it's Malbec, the fruit character is a bit of a sidestep from the anticipation of Cabernet or Shiraz. Undergrowth characters such as wet rocks, soil and mossy notes open up into more woody notes; layers of vanilla, mocha, coffee bean - with an inherently deep core of blackberry fruit. No shortage of high quality oak here, its tannins are full but chocolatey.

Meet 'Best Lot', the new brainchild of incredibly diverse winemaker, thinker and barrel importer, Richard Bate (of Karatta winery fame) 'Best Lot' is exactly as the name suggests, a wine venture with to take fruit from the best lots, and make the best wine from it. The project focusses solely around Malbec, sourced from the best parcels of fruit Richard can get his hands on, as long as it is the absolute best fruit Regardless of where the fruit's from, in the winery you can expect to see only native yeasts at play and minimal filtering. Malbec is a varietal that can behave in many ways, particularly in the winery where it's a winemakers dream. Richard Bate goes 'all out' in his intention to create a benchmark Malbec, looking for muscle and shape, generosity of flavour yet classic sophistication and elegance. The inaugural release from the 2018 vintage is sourced from select old vineyards from three different regions across South Australia: Robe, Langhorne Creek and McLaren Vale. Definitely a wine to throw in the decanter. Classically Australian in character, yet as its Malbec, the fruit character is a bit of a sidestep from the anticipation of Cabernet or Shiraz. Undergrowth characters such as wet rocks, soil and mossy notes open up into more woody notes; layers of vanilla, mocha, coffee bean - with an inherently deep core of blackberry fruit. No shortage of high quality oak here, its tannins are full but chocolatey.