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• cab blends wrote: 92 points

  December 4, 2016 - Classic Coonawarra cab. Acidity is there but not over the top. Some fruitiness and a nice subdued berry on the nose.
  
  Medium body with nice tannins (7/10) which are dry. Finish is average length.
  
  After many, many hours of decanting this was very approachable and in its prime. Give it 6+ hours decanting.
  
  This reinforces my personal view that I love these cabs from Australia but only 5 years or younger. Once they go past that they are not my favorite.

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4 Comments

• Bsmith457 commented:

  12/9/16, 2:22 AM - Personally I prefer them past 10 years rather then less than 5 years. But that is just me. There has been some mixed notes on this wine. I might just wait a couple of years

• thebatcavewines commented:

  8/24/17, 8:47 PM - Interesting. I was planning on keeping mine for another 10 years before opening & after reading your notes on it i think i will.

• cab blends commented:

  8/26/17, 5:23 AM - @thebatcavewines It will be interesting to see how it develops. I don't have any of these left but I do have a lot of older John Riddoch that I need to try in the next 12 months.

• thebatcavewines commented:

  8/26/17, 2:31 PM - I just wish i had more but it's often once you can't find the vintage in big numbers or at all that you find out how good they are.

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