2009 Wendouree Cabernet Malbec

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 93 points

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  11/5/2022 - Dr S Likes this wine: 94 Points

  For a wine with a reputation for a stern countenance, this is a beauty with power and grace. Deep dark coloured, still unevolved.
  
  Fragrant blackberries, gum drops (ex Malbec), flecked with bayleaf, clove and spice.
  
  Smoothly fused palate, still fresh, long. Tannin and texture both powdery soft and yet taut - ah, the Wendouree paradox. In this case, more velvet glove than iron fist, but not a softy. More Sugar Ray Leonard than George Foreman.
  
  Ten, twenty years or more, particularly under screwcap (its debut vintage for Wendouree).

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  4/8/2020 - SimonPh Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Excellent balance between the cabernet and the malbec, with the malbec filling the mid-palate with lovely flavours and texture.

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  9/19/2014 - fizz wrote: 94 Points

  60% Cab Sauv, 40% Malbec. Unique screw cap too.
  Wonderful from the outset. Perfumed nose, with black fruits, dried herbs. The palate is so balanced and serves the sweet fruit flavours on a subtle savoury/earthy cushion. Tannins are present, but are in no way obtrusive. And with a little protein, just melt away. The following day it was just as attractive. Terrific now, with a long future.

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