McW Hilltop Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

In 2014, McWilliam’s launched its new “Appellation” series, featuring wines from the southern NSW high country. The first Hilltops cabernet, from the 2012 vintage, may still be in stores. But the 2013 onits way tastes even better. It shows the company’s 30 years’ experience in the region, since buying the Barwang vineyard in the 1980s. This is fragrant cabernet, featuring red-berry varietal flavour and mid-palate flesh, but with an appropriate bite of fine tannins and an elegant structure. This is a pretty cabernet for current drinking.