Ponting Close of Play Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

“Love and wine can be a potent combination - just ask champion cricketer Ricky Ponting.” John Lehmann, The Australian. On Ricky’s first date with his future wife, Rianna, he bought a bottle of Leeuwin Estate’s Art series Chardonnay, they’ve now not only been married for 22 years but have set up a very serious wine business, working with winemaking veteran Ben Riggs and wine marketer David Krenich. And as Ricky says, the husband and wife “are in on every detail”. It’s no gimmick, the wine is seriously good. As Ben says: “I will never make anything less than a high-quality wine with the Ponting name on it – that’s a promise.” This fine Langhorne creek Cabernet Sauvignon won five Golds and 92pts on debut, and has won Gold in a ll nine international shows it's been entered in. "It hasn't missed out yet" says Ricky Ponitng. This 2022 is “Lively and youthful in the glass. Aromas of plum, cassis, menthol, tobacco and a lifted leafiness. Mouth-filling, generously flavoured and with plenty of structure and poise. Flavours of blackberry, mulberry, spice and a herbal edge" (Aaron Brasher, The Real Review),