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| Drinking window: Drink between 2014 and 2020 (based on 13 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.2 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 29 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by sthugo on 12/2/2023: St Hugo Coonawarra Cabernet Vertical spanning 3 Decades (Merce's Castle): Our first screw capped bottle and it showed. This was very closed even after a 2 hour decant. Muted nose not giving much away. First sip showed plenty of white pepper, mint and spice. Up to now probably the most different St Hugo in the line-up. Big and dense with a medium finish. Maybe would show better with food? For me this was my least favourite vintage in the flight. (353 views) | | | Tasted by rednick@internode.on.net on 11/3/2020: Excellent example of Coonawarra Cab, 1 hour decant - nose cigar box, eucalypt & touch of fruit - lovely powdery tannins, followed by a fading but firm line of acid and then wrapped with blackjack fruit with touches of oak around it - really very good and to my mind no rush (1549 views) | | | Tasted by rednick@internode.on.net on 11/3/2020: Excellent example of Coonawarra Cab, 1 hour decant - nose cigar box, eucalypt & touch of fruit - lovely powdery tannins, followed by a fading but firm line of acid and then wrapped with blackjack fruit with touches of oak around it - really very good and to my mind no rush at all (1627 views) | | | Tasted by nwebstar on 10/10/2020: I think past its best. Suspicious first taste - some promise but with a certain faded cardboard edge. Next hour and 24 hours got worse proving its past it. Disappointing for a well cellared Stelvin capped wine. (1602 views) | | | Tasted by Smahlatz on 9/6/2020 & rated 91 points: Dumb on opening but blackcurrant on palate with a tight tannic finish. Day 2, this had opened up beautifully, with blackcurrant to the fore, some eucalypt and a firm finish. (1546 views) | | | Tasted by HughK on 4/15/2017 & rated 90 points: Drank over two days and displayed the halmarks of a St Hugo Cabernet to the end. The wine did not open out as much as expected the second day and along with the slightly fiery finish in the mouth I am not sure it will improve much past here. It's a nice if not overly refined wine now so enjoy it. (4537 views) | | | Tasted by tenorselbow on 2/14/2017 & rated 90 points: Big high-end jam, prune and lead pencil nose with lots of high notes.Brambly, blood orange, slight aniseed in the mouth.
Long finish of chocolate orange and apricot pip 60-90 seconds. No sediment present, so I'm guessing this will not improve. (3798 views) | | | Tasted by HughK on 4/26/2015 & rated 90 points: This is a nicely balanced cabernet, its full bodied and has a lovely mouthfeel. The fruit sits well in the wine and its rich but delicate on the palate. It will be interesting to see if it develops further from here. (4772 views) | | | Tasted by Argrath on 10/6/2014 & rated 87 points: Full, parody-fruity, forward nose with loads of mint and menthol. Cassis and toasty vanilla-oak. Tight and Mighty, but no layers. Young. Will be better with secondary aroma development.
Medium-fullish, concentrated, very fruity palate. Nice acid. Dynamic tannins. Very succulent. Fiery, oaky finish. Unbalanced and with too much mint for my taste.
Very Aussie with the mint. Very hard to see the elegance here... (5251 views) | | | Tasted by jelam on 9/19/2014 & rated 89 points: Nice well rounded cabernet, but could do with a bit more time in the bottle (5238 views) | | | Tasted by Capt Cutlass on 11/16/2012 & rated 88 points: Blind tasted. Deep purple and there was smoke... Intense nose of eucalyptus, menthol, dark cherries & plums, and cedar. Again eucalyptus on the palate, dark stone fruits, coffee, cocoa and above all bitingly strong alcohol. This needs more time and should have been decanted. Tasted much better on the second day without a vacuum pump since the alcohol better integrated. At first gave it 86 but moved up on the second day. Could be interesting in another 5-10 years. (4232 views) | | | Tasted by graemeg on 12/20/2011: {screwcap} Big, youthful nose of vanilla/coconut and bracken/cassis cabernet aromas. Rich ripe palate, not overdone; rather monolithic at this age; medium weight and length of finish; will take some time to develop much interest beyond typical young cab flavours. Seems one-dimensionally oaky right now; could settle down with time. (4707 views) | | | Tasted by VinoHobo on 10/13/2011 & rated 92 points: Dark brooding black fruits with cool mints and milk chocolate. Plenty of oak. In for the long haul (3821 views) | | | Tasted by Patrick - winereviewer.com.au on 8/18/2011 & rated 94 points: Medium red in colour, the nose has ripe raspberry and plum with spicy aromatic oak.
The palate is controlled with defined blackberry and blackcurrant, there are commanding ripe tannins that provide excellent structure and are well integrated with both fruit and oak.
The finish shows focused dark berry goodness, with the 07 an excellent wine from a tough year.
Review Link - www.winereviewer.com.au (drink from 2015-2023) (777 views) | | | Tasted by 2mwine on 5/14/2011 & rated 92 points: Absolutely perfect, similar to Tignanello (3665 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| St Hugo Producer WebsiteCabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonAustralia Wine Australia (Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation) | Australian Wines (Wikipedia)South Australia South Australian Wine Industry Association | South Australian Wines (Wikipedia)Limestone Coast Limestone CoastCoonawarra Coonawarra |
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