Tokara Director's Reserve Red
| Vintage: | 2020 |
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| Winery: | Tokara |
| Description: | 95 pts Tim Atkin Mw 2023 Produced in decent quantities of 35,000 bottles, this is a superb bottling of Director's Reserve that should keep its many fans happy. Pairing Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% PetitVerdot, 10% Merlot and 3% each of Cabernet Franc and Malbec, it's a self-assured wine with appealing focus and restraint, mint, graphite and violet aromas, savoury tannins and layered cassis and red berry fruit. 2025-35 4 ½ Stars 2024 Platter's South African Wine Guide Dab malbec joins petit verdot, merlot, cab franc as partners with 79% cab in 20 (93 pts). Elegant, seamless & velvet textured, with succulent hedgerow fruit layered with cocoa in inky density. Structured & cohesive after 22 months in barrique, portion new down to 44% from 54%. 92+ pts Wine Advocate May 2024 The 2020 Director's Reserve Red, made up of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Petit Verdot, 10% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 3% Malbec, features dark, dusty red fruit with graphite and cherries alongside herbal, wild brush notes. It displays subtle flavors of tart plums and plum compote with a balanced structure ready for food. Give it one more year in the bottle and drink over the next decade-plus. This vintage aged for 22 months in French oak, 52% new. A total of 48,000 bottles were produced. 2025-2035 91 pts Wine Spectator 12/31/23 A balanced, medium- to full-bodied red, with hints of smoke, toast and ground coffee enriching fruit flavors of baked blackberry and damson plum preserves, layered with supple tannins. Reveals an aromatic range of violet and fresh rosemary and oregano notes, which emerge through the midpalate and linger on the finish. Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. Drink now through 2028. |
| Price: | $ 38.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Southern Hemisphere Wine Center
| Address: |
5973 Engineer Drive Huntington Beach, CA 92649 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 800-504-9463 |
| Telephone (regular): | 714-892-3030 |
| Fax: | 714-892-6930 |
First added to 1000 Corks on July 16, 2024.
