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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.3 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 38 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by chatters on 1/24/2024: First Wednesday Wine Club (Bella Puglia, Five Dock): Served blind
leather, liquorice, black plum tends to prune. Juicy acidity, red and black fruit, a little almost sweetness, plenty of grip is woody tight, minty elements.
For some reason I had Heathcote Shiraz in my head. (278 views) | | | Tasted by ProfByron on 9/5/2022 & rated 92 points: Same as previous note. (530 views) | | | Tasted by ProfByron on 9/22/2020 & rated 92 points: Remarkably dark colour.
Very fragrant (pristine cork obviously), mint, chocolate, cassis. Noticeable oak at least at prior to breathing.
Sweet intense minty fruit, menthol, with chalky tannin finish. Lovely acid. Nice weight. Fresh, classy. Concentrated.
Distinctly Coonawarra.
Match to strongly flavoured food.
Hard to believe this is from 1996. Obviously well cellared. Bottles like these surely must comfortably sail through another 20 years.. no maybe not, the cork is likely to begin to fail (it wasn’t an expensive looking cork).
13%, cork. (891 views) | | | Tasted by ken.payne on 6/1/2020 & rated 98 points: Stunning and the years ahead of it
Fruit and acid and tannins all in beautiful balance (799 views) | | | Tasted by Pins on 10/27/2019: Opened at last Fri wine group. Decanted 2 hours earlier. Drank well and stood up well against Black label and st Hugo.
I think the wine will not get better and I will drink the next two bottles soon. Perhaps just a decline in fruit with age. (984 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 12/15/2018: Haut Medoc Birthday lunch (Bel & Brio, Barangaroo): Polished oak; caramel, vanilla, blackberry and currant fruit. Earthy leathery, sweet spice. Thick, dense and a little alcohol n the palate, plenty of oak juicy, similarly focussed fruit. Nice. (1351 views) | | | Tasted by CBRwineguy on 12/15/2018: Haut-Medoc lunch (Bel & Brio, Barangaroo, Sydney): The appearance is clear and deep ruby in colour. Tears are visible.
The nose is clean. The aromas have a medium(-) intensity and show notes of herbal characters (eucalyptus, mint), mineral (menthol), and vegetable characters (subtle potato [apparently via pyrazines]). The wine appears youthful on the nose [it is difficult to assess the development due to the aroma intensity and my sensitivity to pyrazines; primary only, no tertiary notes].
On the palate, the wine is dry with medium(+) acidity, medium alcohol, and full body. The high level tannins are ripe with a nature similar to wet and dry sandpaper. The flavours have a medium(+) intensity showing notes of black fruit (blackberry, blackcurrant), oak (vanilla, cedar), bottle-age characters (new leather), and herbal and mineral characters (eucalyptus, menthol). The finish has a medium(+) length.
This is a very good quality wine. The flavours are concentrated and have a great balance with the alcohol and the acidity. The ripe tannins provide a great textural component, and have a good balance with the acidity. In its current state, the wine shows complexity with primary, secondary, and tertiary characteristics. The oak treatment is well-integrated complementing the primary and tertiary characters. While there is a bunch of pyrazines on the nose, the black fruit, oak treatment, and tertiary notes are more prominent on the palate, with the pyrazines holding a more complementary role in the flavour profile. The wine has a finish with great length.
The wine drinks well now, but has potential for further ageing. The primary fruit is still quite vibrant, the flavour intensity is great, and the tannin and acid structure should support the wine as the tertiary notes continue to develop. (1250 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 10/13/2018: Coravin fun - new arrivals (My place, Kent Street): From Coravin. Biscuit, leather, a little gamey, plentiful sweet spice, slightly dusty cigar box and ripe/stewed black fruit. On the palate it's juicy with Ribena fruit, soft, leathery tannins, a little spice, cedar, long, harmonious… (902 views) | | | Tasted by CamWheeler on 9/1/2017 & rated 91 points: GMs - Casual Fridays September 2017: Dark coloured. Cedar and mint, with menthol, redcurrant and blackcurrant with some chocolate as well - good mix of everything. Quite rich fruit on the palate, still showing good youth with a vibrancy as well as good structure. Really well balanced. (1304 views) | | | Tasted by rmarkey on 8/14/2016 & rated 96 points: Very similar comments to previously (March 2015)
Excellent, classy wine, quite elegant and still in prime. 13% alc.
Colour: clear black berry
Bouquet: intense blackberry, mint and eucalyptus, cedar, cigar box, vanilla, French oak, toasty.
Palate: as bouquet, full bodied, big soft tannins, very full bodied but in a velvet glove, silky, long clean finish, great structure, green olives, blackberry, plum and vanilla, soft full but fine grained tannins, and long dry finish. Great balance and poise.
August 2016 (1175 views) | | | Tasted by rikipedia on 6/6/2016 & rated 91 points: Terroir-istes International - Australia-Bordeaux Blends (Groot Constantia): (Tasted Blind): Deep ruby-black colour showing aromas of dark chocolate, mocha, undergrowth and black fruits.
The palate is complex and enticing and displays excellent fruit concentration, intensity, and power. The mid-palate is juicy and fleshy, with a prominent fruit core emphasising blackcurrant and berry notes, black plum, mocha, vanilla and tobacco with a hint of eucalyptus—pliable tannins with a grip reminiscent of limestone. Perhaps not the depth of some wines; the finish is long and savoury. (124 views) | | | Tasted by olddominion on 7/7/2015 & rated 93 points: Wish I had more of this. Opened my last w Motz in his honor. At almost 20 yrs it's still rippin butt. Tasted over 3 days and was so intrigued by it's strength and complexity. RIP. 93+ (1853 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 6/30/2015 & rated 93 points: Still sportin' rippin' acids, a highly appealing, harmonious bouquet (that screams red soils (Coonawarra)) and a mélange of eucalyptus, mint, bay, and basil, and a powerful palate guaranteed to rock (pun intended) the taster's world!!! (1682 views) | | | Tasted by Johnfromspokane on 5/18/2015 & rated 93 points: This is pushing 94 for sheer pleasure. My favorite aged Australian anything at this point. What a bottle. Sad to see it go, but that's what wine is. Fleeting enjoyment whose perfection lingers on the mind forever. Beautiful. (1374 views) | | | Tasted by rmarkey on 3/20/2015 & rated 96 points: Excellent, classy wine,
Colour: clear black berry
Bouquet: intense blackberry, mint and eucalyptus, cedar, French oak, toasty.
Palate: as bouquet, full bodied, big soft tannins, very full bodied but in a velvet glove, silky, long clean finish, great structure, fine grained tannins, and dry finish.
March 2015 (1181 views) | | | Tasted by sphBacchus on 1/25/2015 & rated 89 points: Still fresh but too sweet for my taste (904 views) | | | Tasted by Johnfromspokane on 1/2/2015 & rated 91 points: Exactly as I remembered it. Definitely had some great se aus funk, tomatoes, brush...dark ripe fruit, almost cooked...a nice amount of pebbly minerality to it too. At the price I got them at, an absolute steal. So good! (674 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 9/28/2014 & rated 92 points: Consistent with previous notes. It needs several hours of air to show its best, and it has a lot of 'best'! Great mouthfeel, texture, weight, and grip. Delicious! (1126 views) | | | Tasted by Johnfromspokane on 9/25/2014 & rated 91 points: Wow! At the price we got it at, this had a fantastic attack. Big fruit, and all kinds of acid, and a surprising amount of tannin. Had blind, and honestly, from the get go, it seemed like it had a CDP nose on it - big stone and graphite. On the palate, it almost seemed like a quality Washington cabernet. If you can find it anymore, it is well worth it. (797 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 4/14/2014 & rated 92 points: A very serious Cabernet Sauvignon that gives no indication of its age. Vibrant, stalwart, and nuanced. It should continue to shine for several more years. (1253 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 3/23/2014 & rated 91 points: This bottle had not held together as well as the last one, but it was still excellent. (1026 views) | | | Tasted by Motz on 2/18/2014 & rated 93 points: It is really difficult to describe just how awesome this wine is!!! Upon opening, and for the first couple of hours, it was very nice. By the third hour, it opened and turned into a massive Cabernet Sauvignon with tremendous structural grip. At eighteen years old, it's still very lively. Oak is almost completely integrated. By the third hour it put my mind to great vintage Bordeaux...it's that good!!! Got it on a ridiculous closeout for $10. (1170 views) | | | Tasted by bajayngo on 6/17/2013: This wine was holding up beautifully and a flat steal at $10! A big note of green olives and slight jalapenos followed by mature fruits of plum, and muddled berries a ton of cigar box, dried herbal notes and pencil shavings. It slight tannins on the palate with mature fruit and accents. Great with BBQ'd ribs. (1162 views) | | | Tasted by Dsen on 2/2/2013 & rated 92 points: earthy and savoury, good balance and length, still will evolve over next few years. One bottle was corked but one was fine. (1199 views) | | | Tasted by sphBacchus on 12/30/2012 & rated 89 points: dark red but no bricking . Good balance of sweetness and acidity - cassis . (1023 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Lindeman's Producer website
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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