Hickinbotham, Trueman Cabernet Sauvignon, 2021
Hickinbotham, Trueman Cabernet Sauvignon, 2021
- 75cl
- 14%
- Red Still
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Organic
- Biodynamic
Please note, en primeur wines are not available for delivery until they arrive in the UK
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Optimal drinking window: Now - 2043
Est. delivery in late Summer 2025
Sourced from the elevated slopes of Clarendon in McLaren Vale, Hickinbotham's Trueman is a wine that captures the best of both worlds: the structure and clarity of Cabernet Sauvignon, with the richness and charm that the Aussie sun brings.
Whether you’re opening it now with a grilled ribeye or tucking it away for a few years, it’s a Cabernet that punches well above its weight—classic, composed and full of personality.
First planted back in 1971, Hickinbotham Vineyard sits high in the hills of Clarendon, at the northern tip of McLaren Vale—a cooler pocket that brings freshness and finesse to the fruit. Originally dry-farmed to Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, the site has long been a go-to for some of Australia’s top names, supplying grapes for iconic wines for decades.
In 2012 Hickinbotham began bottling under its own name. Under the guidance of winemakers Christopher Carpenter and Peter Fraser, along with viticulturist Michael Lane, the estate has gone from quiet legend to a benchmark for McLaren Vale elegance.
What the critics say:
"The 2021 Trueman Cabernet Sauvignon hails from the Hickinbotham vineyard in Clarendon, in McLaren Vale. It is truly one of the lovely vineyard areas in Australia, with rolling hills, dramatic valleys and a proximity to the ocean. From memory, this vineyard was planted to Houghton clone, or includes some of the Houghton clone selection in it (from Western Australia), and the wine feels structural and velvety at once. You get cassis, raspberry compote, dark chocolate, tobacco, licorice (salted black cats!), cardamom and mulberry off the bush in summer. It's a wonderful wine, pleasurable, complex, poised and rounding out with a delicious delivery of ductile Cabernet tannin. Ripper. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap."
"A large-framed wine defined by a serendipitous ripening season and skilled craftsmanship. The tannins, perfectly managed and refined. The oak, so enticing and appealing. The sheer density of currant, sage, black olive, rosemary and thyme, an immaculate forcefield. This is one for the cellar. An Australian wine that tastes, as it always has, as if it was made by an American with a deep comprehension of tannin management. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
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