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Community Tasting Notes 2
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Cacatua Galerita Likes this wine: 97 points
May 9, 2021 - Fabulous wine. Perfectly structured and showing no signs of fading despite being more than 40 years old.
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Greg Munyard wrote:
January 11, 2012 - Nose: Still a beautiful amalgam of sweet red fruits, nice tobacco hints and a delightful vanilla character which this vintage (and the 1978 and 1979) had. Enchanting. Classic Mount Mary of the era.
Palate: Velvetty smooth (as always) and still with that beautiful blend of gorgeous red fruits (albeit fully mature) and - like the 78 and 79 - the most enticing vanilla I've ever seen in an Australian red. Very gentle and supple palate now - a few years past its peak - but still fabulous; I don't know how the great Doctor got such yummy flavours in his Cabernets in those years. That said, much as I dislike excess alcohol in many modern wines, the 1980 is a touch light in alcohol (the label says 11.5%) unlike the glorious 1979, which was just perfect!
Note that Mount Mary "Cabernets" became Mount Mary "Quintet" some years later.1 person found this helpful Comment
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1980
- Type Red
- Producer Mount Mary
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Cabernets
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Australia
- Region Victoria
- SubRegion Port Phillip
- Appellation Yarra Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 8 (62%)
- Consumed 5 (38%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerMount Mary
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryAustralia
- RegionVictoria
- AppellationYarra Valley
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- AppellationYarra Valley