2003 Cape d'Estaing Cabernet Sauvignon

Garagiste

• By Jon Rimmerman
  11/25/2008, (See more on Garagiste...)

  (CABERNET Cap d'Estaing) UPDATE: Holiday Pick up Hours Wednesday Nov 26th - 11am - 4pm Thursday Nov 27th - CLOSED Friday Nov 28th - CLOSED Saturday Nov 29th - CLOSED Sunday Nov 30th - CLOSED We will re-open Monday December 1st as normal. To arrange for local pick up tomorrow (Wednesday), please email by 5:00pm today: sarah@garagistewine.com Thank you - have a great holiday weekend! Garagiste ************************ Cabernet Dear Friends, I guess people are still interested in Australian wine (at the right price of course). Against my own prediction, the Cap d'Estaing Shiraz offer last week had a bizarrely large response - one of the biggest of the season. It appears to be a wine many of you were keen to try but balked at the normal $30-40 price -at this price it was time to experiment. Due to the enthusiasm, I went back and asked for the sister wine - the Cabernet and I've been obliged (it is considered to be the signature varietal of the Island). I'm still a little surprised that we had a bigger response to the Shiraz than to something like an eclectic high acid/no fruit/oxidized wine from the Savoie but to each his own... As far as the Cabernet goes, it is going to be a house wine choice for many of you. It has what so many domestic choices lack in this price-range - style, depth, clarity and very pure varietal fruit that has a firm leg in the old-world but the flesh, ripeness and color of the new (although it was never technically meant to retail below $30-35). This is another candidate for deal of the year but quantities are not large enough to justify a grander offer than this. Here you go, at the same crazy price as the Shiraz: This parcel has perfect provenance. We have a terrific price on this wine - about the same as in Australia (or less): 2003 Cap d'Estaing Cabernet Sauvignon (Kangaroo Island) Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Aus7910