Ponting Close of Play Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
Concentrated black berries and dark plums provide a generosity of flavour on entry. Notes of licorice, toasted oak, pomegranate and granite make for a multi layered mid palate which leads to finely tuned tannins that provide structure and strength for a long life in the cellar
Budburst Rating: #excellentwine 93pts
Region: Langhorne Creek, South Australia
Last tasted 17/9/23
Concentrated black berries and dark plums provide a generosity of flavour on entry. Notes of licorice, toasted oak, pomegranate and granite make for a multi layered mid palate which leads to finely tuned tannins that provide structure and strength for a long life in the cellar
Budburst Rating: #excellentwine 93pts
Region: Langhorne Creek, South Australia
Last tasted 17/9/23
Concentrated black berries and dark plums provide a generosity of flavour on entry. Notes of licorice, toasted oak, pomegranate and granite make for a multi layered mid palate which leads to finely tuned tannins that provide structure and strength for a long life in the cellar
Budburst Rating: #excellentwine 93pts
Region: Langhorne Creek, South Australia
Last tasted 17/9/23
About Ponting Wines
Ponting Wines is a collaboration between one of Australia’s most celebrated cricketers, Ricky Ponting and Ben Riggs, an award-winning Australian winemaker known for uncompromising, high quality wines. Masters of their craft, their partnership has been forged to celebrate their dedication and achievements.
Each wine reflects Ricky’s life and has been carefully crafted by Ben to ensure flavour, structure and complexity are of the highest quality.
Ben’s winery in South Australia is positioned at the premium end of the ladder, and uses his extensive contacts with growers to pick exceptional fruit from Tasmania, the Adelaide Hills, Clare Valley, Barossa Valley, Coonawarra and McLaren Vale. Ben’s winemaking philosophy is to make unpretentious wines that express the essence of the vineyard and the region’s terroir in a style that Ben enjoys drinking; big, rich and complex, but also with finesse, texture and elegance.
