This is the first vintage of Cabernet Sauvignon released under the Longhop label. Another bargain wine made by one of our favourite winemakers, Domenic Torzi.

This managed to over-shadow its highly fancied Shiraz counterpart when we recently tasted the two. It is difficult to find quality drinking Cabernet under $20, the 2010 Longhop Cabernet Sauvignon fits the bill perfectly.

"92 Points +++...the accompanying Longhop Cabernet, from similar sources, will become the grander of the two with cellaring: with a few days air, it is already on a par with Supertuscan treasures that will set you back $200-plus per pop, and they'll be burdened with the risky imperfection of cork and just that tad too much sophistication. It's wildly intense, licoricey, syrupy wine with sinblack tannins that suck all the blood clean outta your lips. Both these improve beautifully with an hour of decanter. Stunning value!"- Philip White, April 12 2011.

"92 Points. A friend asked me recently whether it was still possible to find ‘budget’ reds that would cellar well. His thinking was: Can I buy something cheap and turn it into something better by stashing it at the bottom of a cupboard for five years?... I gave a long-winded answer, but I would have been better just opening a bottle of this Longhop Cabernet Sauvignon and saying, Yes. It’s a bargain as a drink-now proposition, but it will cellar well for 4-8 years, if you so desire. Might even go longer than that. It tastes of blackcurrant, dust, eucalypt and toasty vanillin oak. It has enough tannin, but not too much. Enough flavour, without being in any way over-blown. It’s the kind of balanced, well-made, well-flavoured, over-delivering wine that once upon a time put Australia on the map. Rated: 92 Points Alcohol: 14% Closure: Screwcap Drink: 2011 - 2016" - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front.