2012 Yalumba Cabernet Sauvignon The Menzies

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 91 points

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  4/18/2021 - Jemby Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Dark, brooding wine with (at first) a tight, restrained nose of black fruit and lovely red roses. On the palate it was powerful but refined, rich but elegant, smooth but structured. Hints of vanilla, black chocolate, blackcurrants & roses were evident. After an hour's breathing the wine seemed temporarily bitter and slightly harsh, but soon that sensation dissipated, and was replaced by a slightly austere but wonderful, long, damson and plum finish. This is a very classy wine for which, in a blind tasting, I might have gone to the Medoc. I may be wrong, but my instincts tell me this wine will last and improve at least until 2025.

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  1/7/2017 - andreawine Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Just a whisper of mint eucalyptus typical of the Coonawarra appellation. Nice density of dark fruit and velvety tennis.

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  12/1/2016 - pommieba@cox.net wrote: 93 Points

  Clean wine with good fruit on nose. Blackberry with a slight pepperiness, excellent finish a very nice wine. Not overly tannic.

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  10/23/2016 - pommieba@cox.net Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Tasted at San Clemente Wine Co, clean with good colour, medium tannin. A well balanced wine

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  4/23/2016 - greidy Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very dark color, on the nose - smoke, black berries, cedar. Serious and chewy tannin. Tasty and big, medium finish. Need couple of more years.

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