2009 Balnaves of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon The Tally Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 93 points

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  7/24/2022 - ChoppingElbow Likes this wine:

  Appearance - Deep ruby (3)
  Aroma - Cedar, tobacco, blackcurrant and blackberry behind this, along with some leather (4.5)
  Taste/Texture - Black fruits are faded and quickly swept aside by the fine-grained tannins along with an elderberry note. Milk chocolate and mint come into play. Medium acidity keeps everything well balanced (4)
  Aftertaste - Long, pleasant, drying tannins, with the aged flavours lingering (2)
  Overall - Personal preference would have been for more fruit, even though this has some age. Overall, in great shape, with a good nose, and enough to keep it going for more years (1.5)
  Total Score - 15/20

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  4/5/2018 - Softie Likes this wine:

  Folks,
  
  2018 now and this wine is singing. I agree with the notes written below - especially the sweet berry and coffee vanillan coffee oak character.
  
  The tannins - smooth and fine - have settled and we have an elite, mature red emerged gloriously. Further improvement ahead.
  
  Impressive stuff; Coonawarra at its best.

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  12/6/2012 - chatters wrote:

  Langton's Cellar Club Tasting 11 December 2012 - Pierre de la Grange (Luneau-Papin), Champagne Delamotte, Balnaves of Coonawarra (Roof Terrace Australian Museum): Prunes, black currant and berry and a slightly perfumed note. In the mouth the fruit is glimpsed on the front palate before disappearing behind a massive, thick, black curtain of chewy, chunky, drying tannin...Very young indeed. Come back in 3-5 years for another look

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  8/2/2012 - Patrick - winereviewer.com.au wrote: 93 Points

  A slightly developed red in colour, the nose has a purity of sweet plum and more earthy blackberry fruit, with a framing vanillin lift from the oak.
  
  The wine has the same purity of fruit on the palate, with drying tannins and coffee oak characters providing a good textural contrast in the mouth.
  
  The finish has good length that melds rich but balanced oak characters with dark fruits.
  Review Link - www.winereviewer.com.au (drink from 2012-2028)

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