Brown red rim. Still young bouquet of sweet blackcurrant, blackberry, cherries, blueberries, mint, black olives, tomato leaf. Satisfying tannins coat the mouth increasing by glass. Firm acid. Good length. St Julien like in character. Silent and feminine. Best from 0-75mins. Drunk at 16degs C. Riedel bordeaux glasses. Needs a few more years to allow more aged characteristics and possible improvement.NS
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Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of deep ruby colour, with narrow garnet rims and legs. Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of black fruit of blackberry, blackcurrant and ripe dark cherries, pungent spice of black pepper, kernel notes of dark chocolate, oak notes of vanilla, animal notes of leather, maturity notes of savoury. The wine is developing. Palate: Dry with medium (+) acidity, the wine has high tannin of ripe and velvety texture, medium (+) alcohol, with full body and medium (+) intensity flavours of black fruit of black cherries and blackberry, dried fruit of prune, oak notes of vanilla, kernel notes of chocolate, sweet spice of clove. The wine has a medium (+) finish. Conclusion: Very good quality Australian Cabernet Sauvignon with an intense nose showing great complexity, with plenty of dark fruit, vanilla and chocolate, black peppery and savoury. On the palate the wine is well-balanced, with harmony on acidity, tannin and body, exhibiting good concentration of flavours and a fairly long finish. It is ready to drink now and can further develop for another 3-5 years.
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This ruby-hued wine offered up intense aromas of blackcurrant, black cherries, eucalyptus, dark chocolate, mint, earth, roses and cigar box. The nose has opulence. Has not developed significant aged characters such as old damp wood. Compared to the tasting in 2014 the wine has opened up. The palate is full-bodied, elegant and with loads of firm tannins. The wine is best at 20 minutes in the decanter. Drunk at 16 degrees C.Riedel Bordeaux glasses. Over the next few years, the wine should soften and develop more aged characters. Score 99
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A really well balanced wine with medium body and great length. The fruit (blackberry, plum, cedar, chocolate, liquorice) is perfectly ripe. The acidity is so tightly integrated that its seems to walk arm in arm with the fruit through the entire length. The tannins are fine grained and similarly bound into the experience. The wine is not youthful, but still suggests it has many years of improvement ahead. Thoroughly nice.
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Appearance: Bright and clear, it has deep ruby color, with purplish tinge and legs. Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of black fruit of blackcurrant and dark cherries, oak notes of vanilla and cedar, maturity notes of savory, animal notes of leather, kernel notes of milk chocolate, pungent spice of licorice. The wine is developing. Palate: Dry with medium (+) acidity, medium (+) tannin of ripe and silky texture, the wine has medium (+) alcohol and medium (+) body, showing medium (+) intensity flavors of black fruit of blackcurrant and dark cherries, oak notes of cedar, sweet spice of clove, kernel notes of chocolate, pungent spice of licorice. The wine has a medium (+) finish. Conclusion: Very good quality Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, with an intense nose showing good complexity, the wine is juicy, with nice fruity notes on the palate, elegant and well-structured. It has good concentration and a fairly long finish, and this is probably the best time to drink the vintage in my opinion, but can further develop for another 3-5 years.
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This huge wine is like drinking puréed juicy black cherries. It is absolutely delicious which does make up a little for the closed nose. Despite gentle coaxing in a decanter for up to 1 1/2 hours it still refused to give up more. The 2004 which I have tasted several bottles closed down at 5 years old and took some years to emerge. The 2010 is similarly starting to close down. So I suspect with a few more years this big wine will score 98 as it emerges like a bear from its cave.
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Absolute pleasure to drink. Good acidity, fine and lingering tanins, taste of small berries, cedar box nose - powerfull and elegant. Nothing like the jammy / woody juice from the late 90s. What a wonderful surprise.
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(a winter's eve slow roast with Mich&Bo and Newan) What a surprising JR! Rich generous berries and cassis, with youthful confection, gumdrops and vegetality. Good concentration on the taste, with bell peppers (if you look for it), black/blue berries, cassis, leather and funky socks, leading to a clean, savory finish - while maintaining transparency! Some licorice shows later on, along with dusty spices, but I'm not really sure where things are heading right now. Certainly a remarkable wine made to be drunk young (now), I wonder if this will have the depth and dense complexity of its predecessors from the 80s and 90s?
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From the outset this wine is strikingly magnificent, the nose has cedary oak, dense blackberry and earth that play off each other effortlessly.
The palate is as concentrated as it is textured , the depth of blackcurrant fruit and it's integration with slightly spicy oak and lingering tannins is superb.
The finish has considerable length and picks up some tomato leaf like complexity.
This is a wine that deserves the mantle of one of Australia's best Cabernets Review Link - www.winereviewer.com.au (drink from 2020-2030)
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Cabernet Uncorked hosted by Phil Reedman MW (Sydney Wine Academy, 250 Blaxland Road, Ryde): Colour: A clear medium plus intensity purple wine with a ruby rim Nose: Medium plus intensity, developing, clean wine with aromas of black currant jam that is savoury and, almost, porty, vanilla, clove, cinnamon, and, oddly, herbaceous notes with touches of tomato leaf. Mouth: A dry wine with medium plus tannin, alcohol (that is generous on the long finish) and body. The mouth feel is quite chunky with flavours fo black currant and boiled sweets rolling into sweet spice and vanilla. Very good - stylistically old school Australian, big fruit and vanilla oak. Needs time and experience tells me that it will be good for the next 17-20 years.
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2011 Sydney Royal Wine Show - Exhibitor's Tasting (Olympic Park, Homebush): Silver medal {screwcap} Very authentically cabernet after all these luxury cuvee shirazes. This is youthful, but all twiggy, brambly, herb-garden fruits, with just a little blackcurrant. The palate is where the currants are more prominent, allaying any fears of unripeness. Controlled cedary oak (much less than 10 years ago) contributes to the powdery tannins annd generally fine-grained texture of the wine. Medium intensity, medium-full bodied, and with a long finish, it dips just a little in the mid-palate, but has the depth of flavour to promise a long cellar life. Masterful cabernet than speaks the lannguage of Coonawarra well.
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10/21/2023 - Indran Rajendra Likes this wine: 94 Points
Brown red rim. Still young bouquet of sweet blackcurrant, blackberry, cherries, blueberries, mint, black olives, tomato leaf. Satisfying tannins coat the mouth increasing by glass. Firm acid. Good length. St Julien like in character. Silent and feminine. Best from 0-75mins. Drunk at 16degs C. Riedel bordeaux glasses. Needs a few more years to allow more aged characteristics and possible improvement.NS
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11/27/2022 - Redback Likes this wine:
Nicely balanced and in a good spot.
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10/20/2020 - peterchoy wrote: 93 Points
Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of deep ruby colour, with narrow garnet rims and legs.
Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of black fruit of blackberry, blackcurrant and ripe dark cherries, pungent spice of black pepper, kernel notes of dark chocolate, oak notes of vanilla, animal notes of leather, maturity notes of savoury. The wine is developing.
Palate: Dry with medium (+) acidity, the wine has high tannin of ripe and velvety texture, medium (+) alcohol, with full body and medium (+) intensity flavours of black fruit of black cherries and blackberry, dried fruit of prune, oak notes of vanilla, kernel notes of chocolate, sweet spice of clove. The wine has a medium (+) finish.
Conclusion: Very good quality Australian Cabernet Sauvignon with an intense nose showing great complexity, with plenty of dark fruit, vanilla and chocolate, black peppery and savoury. On the palate the wine is well-balanced, with harmony on acidity, tannin and body, exhibiting good concentration of flavours and a fairly long finish. It is ready to drink now and can further develop for another 3-5 years.
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10/27/2017 - Indran Rajendra Likes this wine:
This ruby-hued wine offered up intense aromas of blackcurrant, black cherries, eucalyptus, dark chocolate, mint, earth, roses and cigar box. The nose has opulence. Has not developed significant aged characters such as old damp wood. Compared to the tasting in 2014 the wine has opened up. The palate is full-bodied, elegant and with loads of firm tannins. The wine is best at 20 minutes in the decanter. Drunk at 16 degrees C.Riedel Bordeaux glasses. Over the next few years, the wine should soften and develop more aged characters. Score 99
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10/6/2017 - Andrew67 Likes this wine: 94 Points
A really well balanced wine with medium body and great length. The fruit (blackberry, plum, cedar, chocolate, liquorice) is perfectly ripe. The acidity is so tightly integrated that its seems to walk arm in arm with the fruit through the entire length. The tannins are fine grained and similarly bound into the experience. The wine is not youthful, but still suggests it has many years of improvement ahead. Thoroughly nice.
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8/1/2016 - peterchoy wrote: 92 Points
Appearance: Bright and clear, it has deep ruby color, with purplish tinge and legs.
Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of black fruit of blackcurrant and dark cherries, oak notes of vanilla and cedar, maturity notes of savory, animal notes of leather, kernel notes of milk chocolate, pungent spice of licorice. The wine is developing.
Palate: Dry with medium (+) acidity, medium (+) tannin of ripe and silky texture, the wine has medium (+) alcohol and medium (+) body, showing medium (+) intensity flavors of black fruit of blackcurrant and dark cherries, oak notes of cedar, sweet spice of clove, kernel notes of chocolate, pungent spice of licorice. The wine has a medium (+) finish.
Conclusion: Very good quality Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, with an intense nose showing good complexity, the wine is juicy, with nice fruity notes on the palate, elegant and well-structured. It has good concentration and a fairly long finish, and this is probably the best time to drink the vintage in my opinion, but can further develop for another 3-5 years.
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11/16/2014 - Indran Rajendra Likes this wine: 97 Points
This huge wine is like drinking puréed juicy black cherries. It is absolutely delicious which does make up a little for the closed nose. Despite gentle coaxing in a decanter for up to 1 1/2 hours it still refused to give up more. The 2004 which I have tasted several bottles closed down at 5 years old and took some years to emerge. The 2010 is similarly starting to close down. So I suspect with a few more years this big wine will score 98 as it emerges like a bear from its cave.
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9/29/2012 - Eric P wrote: 95 Points
Absolute pleasure to drink. Good acidity, fine and lingering tanins, taste of small berries, cedar box nose - powerfull and elegant. Nothing like the jammy / woody juice from the late 90s. What a wonderful surprise.
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8/29/2012 - chatters wrote:
Voyager Estate Masterclass 2012 (Officers mess, Victoria Barracks, Oxford Street, Sydney): Nose Cherry and currant over graphite and bramble and cream, vanilla, herbaceous notes and touches of biscuit
Mouth medium plus acid, jammy blackcurrant over vanilla, slightly bitter on the medium plus finish. Medium plus body. Alcohol slight warm. Okay
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5/26/2012 - JerM wrote: 93 Points
(a winter's eve slow roast with Mich&Bo and Newan) What a surprising JR! Rich generous berries and cassis, with youthful confection, gumdrops and vegetality. Good concentration on the taste, with bell peppers (if you look for it), black/blue berries, cassis, leather and funky socks, leading to a clean, savory finish - while maintaining transparency! Some licorice shows later on, along with dusty spices, but I'm not really sure where things are heading right now. Certainly a remarkable wine made to be drunk young (now), I wonder if this will have the depth and dense complexity of its predecessors from the 80s and 90s?
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9/14/2011 - Patrick - winereviewer.com.au wrote: 97 Points
From the outset this wine is strikingly magnificent, the nose has cedary oak, dense blackberry and earth that play off each other effortlessly.
The palate is as concentrated as it is textured , the depth of blackcurrant fruit and it's integration with slightly spicy oak and lingering tannins is superb.
The finish has considerable length and picks up some tomato leaf like complexity.
This is a wine that deserves the mantle of one of Australia's best Cabernets
Review Link - www.winereviewer.com.au (drink from 2020-2030)
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5/24/2011 - chatters wrote:
Cabernet Uncorked hosted by Phil Reedman MW (Sydney Wine Academy, 250 Blaxland Road, Ryde): Colour: A clear medium plus intensity purple wine with a ruby rim
Nose: Medium plus intensity, developing, clean wine with aromas of black currant jam that is savoury and, almost, porty, vanilla, clove, cinnamon, and, oddly, herbaceous notes with touches of tomato leaf.
Mouth: A dry wine with medium plus tannin, alcohol (that is generous on the long finish) and body. The mouth feel is quite chunky with flavours fo black currant and boiled sweets rolling into sweet spice and vanilla.
Very good - stylistically old school Australian, big fruit and vanilla oak. Needs time and experience tells me that it will be good for the next 17-20 years.
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2/18/2011 - graemeg wrote:
2011 Sydney Royal Wine Show - Exhibitor's Tasting (Olympic Park, Homebush): Silver medal {screwcap} Very authentically cabernet after all these luxury cuvee shirazes. This is youthful, but all twiggy, brambly, herb-garden fruits, with just a little blackcurrant. The palate is where the currants are more prominent, allaying any fears of unripeness. Controlled cedary oak (much less than 10 years ago) contributes to the powdery tannins annd generally fine-grained texture of the wine. Medium intensity, medium-full bodied, and with a long finish, it dips just a little in the mid-palate, but has the depth of flavour to promise a long cellar life. Masterful cabernet than speaks the lannguage of Coonawarra well.
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