1993 Taltarni Cabernet Sauvignon

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  11/21/2014 - FreddieP Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Producer: Taltarni
  Winemaker: Dominique Portet
  Region: Central Victoria, Australia
  Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
  Vintage: 1993
  Treatment: Unknown
  ABV: 13.2%
  
  Bottle condition: Very good.
  
  Cork condition: Good. Staining to 80% length of the cork. No seepage, minimal ullage. Seal released easily.
  
  Colour: Medium to deep garnet with somewhat lively red highlights. Relatively thick, slow legs.
  
  Bouquet: Subtle but quite rich fruit character with deeper spicy or cigar-box wood and subtle earthy notes. Bouquet improves markedly within thirty minutes of opening.
  
  Palate: Smooth and generous medium weight palate. On first approach both the bouquet and palate are somewhat closed, leading to the initial impression of a slight hollowness in the centre of the palate. Length is, likewise, short to medium at first then changing to medium/long after an hour of opening. In conjunction there is a comensurate development in depth and complexity. The palate broadens to reveal rich cassis, mature cedar or cigar box tones combined with subtle highlights of fine leather. The palate reveals a wine that, twenty one years after vintaging, is towards the end section of the maturation plateau and at this point is offering a rich, complex and graceful experience. Even at this age the wine is showing a very good balance between fruit, oak, alcohol and flavour - the equivalent of hitting a bullseye from twice the recommended distance. There was a small amount of tightly bound, fine grained, precipitate at the bottom of the bottle.
  
  Summary: An excellent wine that, correctly cellared, delivers a wonderful flavoursome and full experience. The wine does a highly creditable job of showcasing how well wines from this region can be produced. There is no point in further cellaring this vintage with a view to further "improvement". This vintage is on, or towards the end, of its maturation plateau and has delivered all that the winemaker could reasonably have expected.

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  12/3/2011 - C'est la Vin wrote: 92 Points

  Still going strong with fruit still evident although giving way to secondary earthy flavours. Still fresh and cork was in excellent condition.

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  12/2/2011 - Patrick - winereviewer.com.au wrote: 90 Points

  The wine is holding a red to brick red colour, with cedary blackcurrant on the nose.
  
  The palate is shows good depth and is centered around dark berry fruits with developed leather and earthy tannins adding interest.
  
  Review Link - www.winereviewer.com.au (drink from 2011-2014)

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  12/15/2001 - graemeg wrote:

  Brick red. All secondary aromas; spice, dark chocolate, cedar, smoke. Quite lean on the palate, despite the soft tannins; it’s rather more austere than the nose promises. In fact, it’s even got a touch of VA to it. Light-medium bodied, it’s a claret style of wine, with a rather short finish, which needs drinking pronto.

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  12/5/1998 - buckeye76 wrote: 86 Points

  LEATHER AND BLACKBERRIES IN THE NOSE AND A FLAVOR TO MATCH. MEDIUM LENGTH FINISH.

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