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2016 Zema Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Family Selection
Cabernet Sauvignon
- Australia
- South Australia
- Limestone Coast
- Coonawarra
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Community Tasting Notes 5
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Bandreas Likes this wine:
January 4, 2024 - Tasted in Hobart at the Astor restaurant. Had it with wallaby steak / duck breast.
Still quite young: Darkest read, bordering on black; purple rim. Fragrant nose of dried cherries and just a tad of eucalyptus, good palate feel with tannins/acidity well integrated at first.
Later the dusty tannins come more to the foreground.
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rcha001 wrote: 85 points
September 9, 2023 - Appearance: black, dark garnet almost purple core with lots of legs. Quite opaque, full bodied texture
Nose: cassis, blackcurrant, plum, spicy oak, cedary
Palate: this is quite an intense flavoured cab sauv. First sip is fruit driven - cassis, blackcurrants, plummy. There's much savoury notes in the background, cedary oak, spicy herbs , maybe mint . Finish is long and tannins are abundant. However, bit too much spice for my tastes... alcohol seems to be unbalanced, perhaps needs more time for decanting or otherwise cellar in bottle longer. -
chatters wrote:
August 19, 2023 - Prince - Cabernets of the world (Prince Sydney, 40 Hansard Street): A little chocolate joins eucalyptus and blackcurrant, touch of cedar. Juicy acidity, chalky, drying tannins, slightly muted blackcurrant fruit, chocolate, cream, very slightly bitter on the finish. Hmm
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chatters wrote:
August 18, 2023 - Coonawarra Roadshow (Masonic Hall, Goulburn street): Slightly farty and reductive, blackcurrant, slightly dried plum notes, sweet spice, cedar, touch of eucalyptus. Juicy, medium plus intensity acidity, touch of sourness isn't off putting, slightly coarse tannins. Okay
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marcellonegro wrote: 89 points
March 3, 2023 - Dark purple
Pronounced nose of black fruit, blackberry, cedar spice, cassis
High acidity, full body, med+ tannins
Flavours of blackberry, dark plum jam, cocoa, oak
Good balance and little soft, good length, ok intensity, ok complexity
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type Red
- Producer Zema Estate
- Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
- Designation Family Selection
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Australia
- Region South Australia
- SubRegion Limestone Coast
- Appellation Coonawarra
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 148 (81%)
- Consumed 35 (19%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
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- ProducerZema Estate
- VarietyCabernet Sauvignon
- CountryAustralia
- RegionSouth Australia
- SubRegionLimestone Coast
- AppellationCoonawarra
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