Hit the spot tonight. Rich, fruit forward, with well integrated tannins, earth, spice, herbal. Plush texture. Well balanced in terms of body. Long finish, albeit a bit one note. Stands up well to a prime New York strip. Not a wine for everyone. Me - 92, Wife - 93
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I had high hopes and this did not deliver. Lovely, rich, perfumed nose but that was about it. Wasnt bad, just non descript and would not purchase again.
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Wow! Deep, opaque colour. Powerful blackberry & black currant nose. The palate is full of sweet, rich black fruits with Cabernet Sauvignon 'perfume'. Soft and elegant even at this stage. It has many years ahead of it. A really lovely bottle. (The wine was double-decanted 2h prior to tasting and opened beautifully in the glass).
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Annoyingly I have somehow lost the notes I made on this when I drank it a week or so ago so this is from a memory. Frustrating as this wine was superb.
Like a lot of people (?!) I spent the noughties disliking a lot of aussie wine, and then avoiding it. Admittedly this was the cheaper stuff, from wine bars which didn't deserve the name, but it was an education of sorts. Disliking the chardonnays that felt like a 2x4 around the head and the cabernets that tasted like fruit juice I gave them a wide berth for some time. More recently I've been trying to work my way through what I now realise is a much wider and exciting range of wines. (The fact that I know more and can afford more helps..) I'm only telling you this in case you have, or had, similar prejudices; if that's the case then this is the wine to dispel them.
What a superb wine. Delicious dark fruit with a slight hint of spicy pepper to keep it interesting all wrapped around some superbly balanced tannins. Great length that brought out the blackcurrant. I loved it. It's not cheap, but franly if you look at what you get for the same money out of the Medoc these days, roll with it. It's sowing very well already but I am lead to believe that this will age for a lot longer too. That's not for me to comment but I will be loading up on some to find out.
Get some and try it. If you like Cabernet, well-made Aussie or Medocs, it's hard to see how you wouldn't find this delicious. I would love to hear the opinion of others who know more about Aussie wines than I do (that is a large group of people..). Please get in touch. - I would love more suggestions like this!!
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12/8/2021 - MalcolmV Likes this wine:
Dulwich Wine Society Premium Australian Cabernet Sauvignon: 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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6/30/2019 - GoBlue2002 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Hit the spot tonight.
Rich, fruit forward, with well integrated tannins, earth, spice, herbal.
Plush texture. Well balanced in terms of body.
Long finish, albeit a bit one note.
Stands up well to a prime New York strip.
Not a wine for everyone.
Me - 92, Wife - 93
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1/29/2019 - midtownmac wrote:
I had high hopes and this did not deliver. Lovely, rich, perfumed nose but that was about it. Wasnt bad, just non descript and would not purchase again.
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8/17/2015 - PhilJ Likes this wine:
Wonderful.
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9/20/2014 - henrygjeffreys wrote:
spicy nose, some pencil shaving
initially very tannic
lots of grip
some green peppers
this really needs time.
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9/12/2014 - johnrm Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wow! Deep, opaque colour. Powerful blackberry & black currant nose. The palate is full of sweet, rich black fruits with Cabernet Sauvignon 'perfume'.
Soft and elegant even at this stage. It has many years ahead of it.
A really lovely bottle.
(The wine was double-decanted 2h prior to tasting and opened beautifully in the glass).
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3/24/2013 - leebostock Likes this wine: 93 Points
Annoyingly I have somehow lost the notes I made on this when I drank it a week or so ago so this is from a memory. Frustrating as this wine was superb.
Like a lot of people (?!) I spent the noughties disliking a lot of aussie wine, and then avoiding it. Admittedly this was the cheaper stuff, from wine bars which didn't deserve the name, but it was an education of sorts. Disliking the chardonnays that felt like a 2x4 around the head and the cabernets that tasted like fruit juice I gave them a wide berth for some time. More recently I've been trying to work my way through what I now realise is a much wider and exciting range of wines. (The fact that I know more and can afford more helps..)
I'm only telling you this in case you have, or had, similar prejudices; if that's the case then this is the wine to dispel them.
What a superb wine. Delicious dark fruit with a slight hint of spicy pepper to keep it interesting all wrapped around some superbly balanced tannins. Great length that brought out the blackcurrant. I loved it.
It's not cheap, but franly if you look at what you get for the same money out of the Medoc these days, roll with it.
It's sowing very well already but I am lead to believe that this will age for a lot longer too. That's not for me to comment but I will be loading up on some to find out.
Get some and try it. If you like Cabernet, well-made Aussie or Medocs, it's hard to see how you wouldn't find this delicious. I would love to hear the opinion of others who know more about Aussie wines than I do (that is a large group of people..). Please get in touch. - I would love more suggestions like this!!
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