Made in only the very best of vintages. A Cabernet Sauvignon dominant blend with Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The winemaking team at Paritua have one simple aim, to have 21·12 placed alongside the greatest Bordeaux Blends New Zealand has ever produced.

To release 21·12, Paritua’s flagship wine, they went ‘Beyond Bordeaux’ and confidently lined up 21·12 shoulder to shoulder with some of New Zealand’s best Cabernet-based wines.

Complex aroma of cassis, black currant, black cherry, fresh tobacco, cocoa powder hints of oyster shell, floral violet, clove, and an intriguing sanguine and sous bois note.

The palate has great structure and layers of complexity of flavour. It has a silky textured attack with a plush, concentrated cassis and blackberry palate, ripe Black cherry cocoa powder and spice flavours on the mid-palate, a hint of mineral elegance expressed as oyster shell, and a long, fine-grained tannin finish. This wine will improve with cellaring.

Blend: 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Franc