2009 Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  7/22/2023 - Avid Wino wrote: 94 Points

  Dark fruits, cedar, cigar box, roast beef. Superb balance and ample length. Years ahead of it. Brief note could be abbreviated even further: quality cab. Probably the best bottle of Vasse cab I’ve tried, do I give credit to the vintage or slightly more advanced age?

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  1/30/2023 - beatles wrote: 92 Points

  Under screwcap. Cool, cool stuff, a real cab showing the place perfectly. Still primary, it's a vertical wine, well balanced with clean cut fruit, that delivers. Will hold for years. AD loved it.
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  12/11/2021 - Praxis wrote: 94 Points

  Impenetrable blackish purple red in color with a clear watery edge. A profoundly deep and aromatic nose of ripe blue with lots of cedar, tobacco, earthy, meaty overtones. The palate of this 12 year old Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon is medium full-bodied, medium-intensity, fairly well-structured, with quite a bit of residual tannins and refreshing acidity that accompanies the punchy fruit. The flavor profile includes, savory fruits such as dark cherries, black currants, and blackberries with a secondary layer of gamey meat, herbs, cedar, tobacco, light but notable vanilla cream, earthy element, all complexly ends with a slightly savory and protracted finish. As good as it is now, this wine is still in its infancy. I would reckon that this wine would continue to develop and improve with at least another 6 - 8 years or perhaps longer in the right conditions in cellar. A truly beautiful and very well made wine. Will revisit tomorrow, I suspect that this will be better. Day 3 Update: Sure enough, it's drinking even better tonight after 72 hours in the ref since initial opening or "the twisting the screw cap" closure of this bottle.

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  2/18/2019 - henryd1 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  I rarely drink new world but this was quite good. Like a very clean, ripe Bordeaux. Still youthful but ready to drink.

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  1/15/2019 - winot Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Medium ruby, beautiful nose of cigar box and cassis - juicy, bright, concentrated, delish, needs a decant - bright acidity keeps it all nicely centered, this is delicious. Good for another 3-5 years minimum.

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