2011 Babich The Patriarch

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  8/13/2018 - vinhonotte Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Straits Wines - Babich Wine Tasting (Straits Wines @ Icon Village): started off with a green apple hint, and then the intense raspberry and spices emerge; also with glass doors in the toilets; some pencil shavings

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  4/8/2015 - evanqian wrote: 93 Points

  Taste Magazine Apr/15 (Taste Magazine, Auckland City): 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 32% Merlot and 14% Malbec
  medium garnet, even and clear. moderate nose, some cassis and cedar. palate shows solid structure, medium acidity, medium and furry tannins, cream chocolate, cedar and subtle mint. medium finish with some herbal/greenish notes. good density. compare to other big names in Hawke's Bay, it has less complexity, but more elegance. very accessible now also good cellar potential.
  
  Alc 12.5%, TA 5.5 g/L, pH 3.68. WA 92+, WE 87, JC Lee 80, JR 15.5; RC 19.0-, SK 94, MC 4 stars, GK 18.5. JC Lee disliked its 'greenish tannins', 'quite grippy with a rough edge', I assume my bottle has benefited from long time breathing, so I suggest decanting for 2 hours before your tasting.
  
  Ap: 5/5; Ar: 12/15; Palate: 18/20; overall: 4+4/10
  TOTAL: 93/100

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  10/9/2014 - chatters wrote:

  Six nations tasting (Pyrmont): Perfumed top notes, with black fruit and herbaceous almost minty notes. Tight tannins, fruit is still present and persistent. Needs times and quite pleasant

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