A blend of 89% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Malbec, the 2009 Book Ends Cabernet Sauvignon was aged in French barriques, 30% new, for 15 months. Very deep purple-black colored, it gives ripe cassis and warm blackberry aromas over notes of baking spices, pencil lead and bay leaf. Full bodied with a medium to firm level of chewy tannins, it has very crisp, slightly disjointed acid and the mid-palate is just a little lacking, though it finishes with good persistence. Approachable now, it should remain good to 2016. Importer: The Country Vintner; www.countryvintner.com.au