The 2002 was a cool, dry vintage in the Great Southern, noted for producing leaner-structured reds with good natural acidity and tight fruit. This Merlot Cab Franc blend from Plantagenet's museum stock reflects those conditions: a wine of precision rather than weight, with savoury fruit, earthy character and a firm, composed finish now softened by more than two decades in bottle. An unusual varietal combination for the Great Southern, showing what Plantagenet's estate fruit could achieve outside the more familiar Shiraz and Cabernet expressions.