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Big, Black fruit. Very polished. Young but with high acid. Should improve in 5 years or so.Quality : 3/4Price : 3/3 (£20)X factor :2/3Total : 8/10
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Herbaceous, blackcurrant, and olives. Much more savoury than the 2018 but less polished.Quality : 3/4Price : 3/3 (£20)X factor :2/3Total : 8/10
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Still ruby red. Tomato leaf, cigar box, cloves and black olive on a background of blackcurrants. Fabulous!Quality : 4/4Price : 2/3 (£40)X factor :3/3Total : 9/10
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Steely nose, blackcurrant, liquorice, violets and pepper. High acid and linear with plenty of complexity.Quality : 4/4Price : 2/3 (£40)X factor :3/3Total : 9/10
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Tomato leaf, cigar box and green pepper. Flavours are less well integrated than the previous wines. Still tasty though.Quality : 3/4Price : 2/3 (£30)X factor :2/3Total : 7/10
Spice, bay leaf, blackcurrant and clove.Young and tightQuality : 3/4Price : 1/3 (£57)X factor :2/3Total : 6/10
Concentrated blackcurrants, tomato leaf, black olives, bay leaf and mint. SpectacularQuality :4/4Price :3/3 (£40)X-factor :3/3Total :10/10
Beef tomatoes and tomato leaf. Beef stock and pepper. Wonderfully savoury. Long and very complex. The wine of the night.Quality :4/4Price :3/3 (£80)X-factor :3/3Total :10/10
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2018 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Black Label
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
Big, Black fruit. Very polished. Young but with high acid. Should improve in 5 years or so.
Quality : 3/4
Price : 3/3 (£20)
X factor :2/3
Total : 8/10
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2014 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Black Label
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
Herbaceous, blackcurrant, and olives. Much more savoury than the 2018 but less polished.
Quality : 3/4
Price : 3/3 (£20)
X factor :2/3
Total : 8/10
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2005 Woodlands Margaret
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
Still ruby red. Tomato leaf, cigar box, cloves and black olive on a background of blackcurrants. Fabulous!
Quality : 4/4
Price : 2/3 (£40)
X factor :3/3
Total : 9/10
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2009 Wirra Wirra Cabernet Sauvignon Dead Ringer
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Steely nose, blackcurrant, liquorice, violets and pepper. High acid and linear with plenty of complexity.
Quality : 4/4
Price : 2/3 (£40)
X factor :3/3
Total : 9/10
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2006 Haan Wilhelmus
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Tomato leaf, cigar box and green pepper. Flavours are less well integrated than the previous wines. Still tasty though.
Quality : 3/4
Price : 2/3 (£30)
X factor :2/3
Total : 7/10
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2017 Yarra Yering Cabernet Malbec Agincourt
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Spice, bay leaf, blackcurrant and clove.
Young and tight
Quality : 3/4
Price : 1/3 (£57)
X factor :2/3
Total : 6/10
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2016 Grosset Gaia 97 Points
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
Concentrated blackcurrants, tomato leaf, black olives, bay leaf and mint. Spectacular
Quality :4/4
Price :3/3 (£40)
X-factor :3/3
Total :10/10
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2010 Henschke Cyril Henschke
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley
Beef tomatoes and tomato leaf. Beef stock and pepper. Wonderfully savoury. Long and very complex. The wine of the night.
Quality :4/4
Price :3/3 (£80)
X-factor :3/3
Total :10/10
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