Vasse Felix Tom Cullity cabernet sauvignon malbec 2021

This vintage was a challenge, yet Tom’s old vines have stood tall and delivered fruit for another exceptional statement of variety and region. The blend is 81% cabernet and 19% malbec with no petit verdot. All wild yeast and whole berry with 100% French oak for 16½ months, of which 68% was new. The aroma is somewhat muted, showing iodine and seaweed nori with less primary fruit. The palate is elegant and controlled, with a leafy medium body and a fine thread of chalky tannins. High natural acidity and a distinctive oyster shell minerality provide definition. A wine that truly reflects the vintage but is unmistakably Tom.