2023 Painted Rock Cabernet Sauvignon🔥94pts

The young and grippy 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon, aged 18 months in French oak barrels including 30% new oak, is another absolutely spectacular wine from the Painted Rock Estate Winery team.

Well-balanced but grippy, young and super precise, this wine will age for a long time.

The nose of graphite, blackcurrant, black cherry, savoury herbs, and beautifully integrated oak spice is incredibly classic and expressive.

The palate is opulent and rich, but still lifted and very well integrated. The finish definitely lingers and evolves, while flavours of black fruit, plum, tobacco, cedar, a hint of mint and lots of oak spice continue to build with air. There is a bit of projection in my score, but the future is looking very bright for this wine.

Already one of the best BC Cabernet Sauvignons out there. (Carl Boucher, May 13, 2026).

94 points Carl's Wine Club, 93 points John Szabo, 92 points David Lawrason

BC Okanagan Valley VQA Skaha Bench

100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Dry Wine | RS: 1.6g/L | 14.8% ABV | Drink from 2026 to 2035

Pairings: beef tartar, deer tenderloin