2012 Domaine A Cabernet Sauvignon Stoney Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (5) Median Score: 89 points

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  1/10/2020 - ProfByron Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Charming. Domaine A have achieved everything they wanted with this “diffusion label”.
  
  Still youthful. No rush to drink.
  
  13.5%, diam

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  1/9/2020 - Screwcaps Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Very interesting wine to try, lean and rich all at once. Length of flavour is a bit dissapointing, but other than that is balanced, correct, and interesting. Perhaps a touch of complexing brett.

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  6/12/2018 - Drinking Trees wrote:

  Tightly-packed, powdery nose of oak, blackberry, violet, and hot cinnamon. Full-bodied palate, with an explosion of grainy, powdery tannin and nicely firm, bitter acidity. Flavours of red capsicum, olive, blackberry, coriander, and saffron.

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  1/16/2017 - Mic7 Does not like this wine: 70 Points

  This is the worst Australian wine that I have ever had at least in the past 6 years, and ultimately I poured half a bottle to the toilet.
  Bordeaux like aroma, but that is gone in 20 minutes after pouring into glass; then it smells like sour juice. Light to medium body, boring leaf and wood came with very much diluted black fruit juice. Ultimately the fruit gone and replaced by the tastes of Bordeaux AOC costs US$8-10 kind of taste.
  I transferred the wine to a half-bottle after opening it for 30 minutes for tasting again the next day - to give it and my taste buds a second chance. I filled up almost the top of the bottle to minimize effect of air resulting in oxidation.
  The next day the wine becomes very sour like unripe red fruits and barely drinkable. I wanted to keep that for cooking but I am worried that it will ruin my dish. So I just poured it down the toilet.
  Waste of money - I bought that at HK$198 (USD25 / GBP20 / AUS34). I could get a very decent second label of Bordeaux grand cru classé of good vintage, or a very nice Kaesler Bogan / Chapel Hill or similar as this price.
  This wine worths 1/3 of its selling price only.

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  1/5/2016 - graemeg wrote:

  4 Tasmania Wineries Jan-16; 1/2/2016-1/5/2016 (Coal Valley, Tasmania): {diam, 13.5%, A$38} Classic leafy cabernet aromas. Tight, fine sandalwood oak. Very Bordeaux-like in its herb and basil flavours, medium-body and medium-length finish. It’s OK, but just needs a little more black fruit before I’d plonk down cash for it.

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