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| Drinking window: Drink between 2022 and 2033 (based on 171 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.5 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by chatters on 8/18/2023: Coonawarra Roadshow (Masonic Hall, Goulburn street): Perfumed, red over black fruit proves more berry and bramble than currant, sweet oak spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, red over black fruit, chalky tannins, slight non-intrusive alcohol warmth but this feels a little flat - the acidity is sharp rather than refreshing. Meh (531 views) | | | Tasted by bowesmana on 8/24/2022 & rated 94 points: Drank at a dinner with a burger, topped with pulled beef.
Fine pairing. These Coonawarra cab savs are wonderful and this is an excellent example. I spoke to Parker at the Sydney Coonawarra Roadshow and asked which of the 10, 12 or 13 vintages they recommend to drink now and this was they choice.
Beautifully integrated oak, bringing vanilla to the wine. Blackcurrant, cassis and other black fruits.
Long finish and drinking beautifully now, but has a long life ahead (452 views) | | | Tasted by DrinkerTrev on 6/30/2021 & rated 95 points: "Great wine. Starts with deep black fruit nose. Great deep red colour. Rated 96 by JH I can see why. Mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with 8 % Merlot it’s a peak Coonawarra. Now 8 years old I think it’s close to peak but will go another 5 years in my opinion. Having this with a large 580 gm wagyu rib eye. Just getting some good stuff before Dry July!! I gave it 4 stars 2 years ago but upgraded to a 4.5 stars this time around." (685 views) |
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Australian Distributor2013 Parker Coonawarra Estate First Growth2013
First Growth
92% Cabernet Sauvignon / 8% Merlot
Since the release of the inaugural 1988 vintage, First Growth has set a benchmark for superior wine quality in the Coonawarra region. It is a wine made without compromise, using only the very best viticulture and winemaking practices, and is only produced when a particular vintage shows exceptional fruit quality and is deemed to have ageing potential for a minimum of fifteen years. As a result it has garnered a reputation for outstanding cellaring ability and is one of the few wines to have featured in every Langton’s classification.
An optimal 2013 growing season in Coonawarra produced highly coloured, concentrated and varietal Cabernet Sauvignon. Veraison occured in late January with most of the fruit coming off in early March.
First Growth is made exclusively from Reynell selection Cabernet Sauvignon (cuttings from pre-phylloxera Bordeaux) grown in the very best sub-sections of Parker Coonawarra Estate’s Abbey vineyard. We have also included some Merlot from the "Terry' block in this vintage.
Fermentation and extended skin maceration took a total of thirty-two days, before pressing to a selection of 100% new chateau Barriques, sourced from renowned Bordeaux cooperages Sequin Moreau and Taransaud. Regular racking and further élevage in oak for twenty-three months has made a complex and tightly structured wine, with great potential to reward cellaring for more than twenty years.
This wine has rested in bottle under strict temperature controlled conditions for two years before release. Cabernet 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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