2015 Turnbull Cabernet Sauvignon Fortuna Vineyard

The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Fortuna is one of the more reticent wines in this range. In this tasting, the Fortuna is quite dense and brooding, with less of the sheer appeal and opulence found in some of the other wines in this range. There is no shortage of punch or muscle, that much is obvious. The Fortuna is less showy than the other 2015s in the range, so readers should be prepared to cellar it for at least a few years.

Brought up in 50% new French oak and from a site in Oakville, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Fortuna Vineyard is another serious, concentrated, structured 2015. Plums, black cherries, toasted spice, dried flowers and lead pencil notes all give way to a beautifully concentrated, fresh, focused Cabernet that has integrated acidity and building tannin. Give bottles 4-5 years and enjoy over the following two decades.

The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Fortuna Vineyard is medium to deep garnet-purple colored with a nose of red and black currants, black plums and kirsch with hints of menthol, rare beef and chargrill plus a waft of violets and bay leaves. Full-bodied with generous fruit and very fine-grained tannins plus just enough freshness, it finishes on a persistent perfumed black fruit note.