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• JerM wrote: 93 points

  March 1, 2013 - (Brunner: Mich&Bo's w Ads, Just, Paul and Newan) Dark ruby in glass, showing a brew of erbs, dark berries and smoked peppers on the nose, while the palate is succulent and sweet, while keeping an elegant youthful transparency, ending very nicely on a soft bed of mulchy forest floor, licorice and ferrous minerality. Lovely focus, intensity, yet lightness and elegance!

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• Paul S wrote: 92 points

  March 1, 2013 - Dinner at Michelle and Boren's (Sydney, Australia): I really rather liked this. It had an attractive nose, with earth, eucalyptus and bay leaf, lots of cassis and blue berries, and a nice meatiness in the background. The palate was very youthful for a Margaret River wine approaching its 15th year, it was nicely rounded yet still full of energy and freshness, with fine, firm tannins and supple acidity forming a nice structure for bright cassis and blue and black berry flavours tailing away into light notes of spice and bramble and with little tail of ferrous mineral. There was a nice amount of depth and authority on this wine, which paired with the ferrous notes at the finish actuallu made me guess Coonawarra rather than Margaret River initially, but the elegant freshness that it showed really should have been a telltale sign. Really enjoyable - this was a good example of the quality of Cabernet Western Australia can produce in the hands of a good winemaker.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1997
• Type Red
• Producer Devil's Lair
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Cabernet Merlot
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region Western Australia
• SubRegion South West Australia
• Appellation Margaret River
• UPC Code 9310194102956

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• In Cellars 10 (91%)
• Consumed 1 (9%)

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