1997 Wendouree Cabernet Malbec

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  6/14/2023 - tanduybui Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Sublime harmony. The King and Queen of the wine world have come alive through this wonderful bottle.
  
  Full of life, vibrancy and yumminess factor, this is a great expression of this blend, even the Bordelais would be proud. You could even place it as a Left Bank somewhere between a Pauillac and St Estephe. Wonderful bouquet of dark fruit, spice, violet and a touch of eucalyptus. Body has lovely fine tannin with endless waves earthbound notes, chocolate leading to a long finish. Oak is well integrated and while you know it is there, it is part of the story and not the story itself. A great wine of true first growth class.
  
  Drink now to 7+ years.

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  1/6/2023 - colinscellar wrote: 89 Points

  This is at about the limit where I consider old wine to still be enjoyable. There's still some fresh Clare Valley mint/eucalypt on the nose along with sweet blackberry and blackcurrant fruit but it's also showing some "old wine" raisining that I don't personally enjoy.
  After some time in glass a cool licorice flavour also emerged.
  
  Still enjoyable but was probably a lot better 5years ago, and if I had more I definitely wouldn't be keeping them longer.

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  12/25/2022 - colinscellar wrote: flawed

  Heavily oxidised. Pure raisins.

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  3/3/2020 - SashP Likes this wine: 90 Points

  heavy, probably didn’t have enough time to open up. So better towards the end. Needed a few hours to really open up. Would drink again with more time.

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  7/20/2019 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 94 Points

  A thrilling wine to taste, exuberant and high-energy, with unmistakable aromas of mint & eucalyptus tagging the pedigree from the moment uncorked. Vibrant and expansive on the palate, where those signature notes are joined by dark fruit and some tobacco, well balanced by a fine acidity. Takes on weight with air. Will return to the rest of the bottle tonight.

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