2015 Levantine Hill Samantha's Paddock 750ml

The 2015 Levantine Hill Samantha’s Paddock is a refined, cool-climate Bordeaux-style red blend from the Yarra Valley, showcasing structure, aromatic lift, and emerging maturity. Produced by Levantine Hill Estate, Samantha’s Paddock is drawn from steep, low-yielding vineyard parcels and reflects a disciplined, site-focused approach to Bordeaux varieties in a cooler Australian context. The 2015 vintage delivered excellent balance and definition, allowing the blend to achieve full flavour development while retaining freshness and structural tension. The wine opens with expressive aromatics of blueberry and blackcurrant compote, violet, cracked pepper, and medicinal herbs, revealing both varietal clarity and early tertiary nuance. On the palate, the wine is focused and linear rather than broad, shaped by lifted natural acidity and tightly wound, chalky tannins. Firmly structured and chiselled, it carries a muscular core while maintaining poise and freshness. With time in bottle, savoury complexity has begun to emerge, adding depth and polish through the finish. Now entering an attractive drinking window, the 2015 Samantha’s Paddock can be enjoyed with decanting or cellared further to allow additional complexity to develop over the coming years. A serious, age-worthy Yarra Valley Bordeaux-style blend that balances power with restraint and precision.