Marks & Spencer, Special Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra, South Australia 2021

Instead of maturing in barrel, cheaper French oak staves are added to this wine for up to a year. The wood influence has been well handled though, with tannic grip and suggestions of spice not masking the varietal minty-fresh black berry fruit, fleshed out by a dollop of Shiraz and Merlot.