Eight at the Gate Wines Family Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 from Wrattonbully is a plush, grown‑up Limestone Coast red, showing serious cabernet class with no nonsense, just beautifully ripe fruit and smart oak. This feels like a proper dinner‑table wine that still has a bit of fun about it.

In the glass, Eight at the Gate Family Selection Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 is packed with cassis, blackcurrant and red berries, layered with dried herbs, tobacco leaf, bay and a lick of cedar and vanillin spice. The palate is medium to full bodied, velvety and long, driven by fine tannins and bright natural acidity.

This cabernet is tailor‑made for grilled lamb cutlets, roast beef or a char‑grilled ribeye, but it’s just as at home with BBQ meats, mushroom and thyme pasta or aged cheddar and gouda on a late‑night cheese board. It’s a cracking Wrattonbully red for hearty food.