Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 88 points

  • Giant Wine Sale & Tasting 4/7/2012 (Cellar on Greene, Columbia, SC): So here we have an Australian Cabernet that is just about 5 years off the vine, and around 3 years in the bottle. I like it. It has the typical 14+% alcohol, and the super ripe nose, but it does not seem candied and over the top. True, you are not going to confuse this for a Bordeaux. or a Napa Cabernet, but more like a Central Coast offering. The color is very dark. The nose has some sweetness with strawberry and cherry. The fruit is big, thick and brooding, but not over done. This is a solid effort that seems to have benefited from some aging at the winery and in the bottle. Balanced. Pretty nice job with the alcohol integration. Not particularly tannic. Fruity finish accompanied by some graphite, lead pencil, tobacco, and vanilla.

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  • By Josh Raynolds
    July/August 2010, IWC Issue #151, (See more on Vinous...)

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