Nice wine. Quite powerful fruit with decent length, but nicely integrated. Blackberry, tobacco, cedar, liquorice, the cabernet fruit has the upper hand. The tannins are robust and balance the fruit intensity well. Enjoyable.
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2012 Sydney Royal Wine Show - Exhibitor's Tasting (Olympic Park, Homebush): Bronze medal {screwcap, 14.5%} From Heathcote, Hilltops, Coonawarra. A tri-state blend, no less. A initially lovely blend of sweetly ripe black fruits; but this very mix of cool and warm climate fruits seems to have cost the wine a true personality. That first punch of sweet black fruit fades quickly, so that despite medium-bodied weight and medium dusty tannins, the rather soft acid lets it down to a short-medium length finish. It’s dry, and not a bad wine, but for McWilliams $$$ flagship red, it’s a bit underwhelming.
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12/10/2019 - Alexroy wrote: 94 Points
Smooth, mellow, complex. Absolutely lovely. Maybe it all just needed time.
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8/7/2016 - Andrew67 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nice wine. Quite powerful fruit with decent length, but nicely integrated. Blackberry, tobacco, cedar, liquorice, the cabernet fruit has the upper hand. The tannins are robust and balance the fruit intensity well. Enjoyable.
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6/21/2012 - chatters wrote:
Mount Pleasant Wines Member Tasting (Coast Restaurant): Oh dear. This is at best an indifferent cab shiraz blend and certainly does not justify a price tag of $95.
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2/17/2012 - graemeg wrote:
2012 Sydney Royal Wine Show - Exhibitor's Tasting (Olympic Park, Homebush): Bronze medal {screwcap, 14.5%} From Heathcote, Hilltops, Coonawarra. A tri-state blend, no less. A initially lovely blend of sweetly ripe black fruits; but this very mix of cool and warm climate fruits seems to have cost the wine a true personality. That first punch of sweet black fruit fades quickly, so that despite medium-bodied weight and medium dusty tannins, the rather soft acid lets it down to a short-medium length finish. It’s dry, and not a bad wine, but for McWilliams $$$ flagship red, it’s a bit underwhelming.
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2/8/2012 - Alexroy wrote: 85 Points
Dark colour, black fruit spicy nose. Very Oz, big dark fruits, developing casis flavours medium length, nice tannins.
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