2018 Yalumba Cabernet Sauvignon The Cigar

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 90.2 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Androurse's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/26/2024 - Androurse wrote: 90 Points

  The wine looks purple colored. The legs are slow. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like black currant (cassis) and blackberry. It tastes like blackberry, black currant (cassis), blueberry, vanilla, oak and cinnamon.
  The body is full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Rodenbach99's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/22/2023 - Rodenbach99 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Une robe rubis foncé très dense. Un nez de fruits noirs, cassis, chocolat, tabac, menthol, eucalyptus et épices nobles. Une bouche qui s'ouvre tranquillement, les tanins étaient un peu sec au début. C'est puissant mais court. Surprenant comme il manque de longueur en finale.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Keith Cooper's profile
  • Report Issue

  7/24/2023 - Keith Cooper Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Deep blackcurrant colour. The nose shows menthol, eucalyptus,cedar, leather and is complex. On the palate it's full bodied, cassis. Very much Australian in style. Long. Whilst approachable now, I think this will improve further and soften with a bit of age, maybe 5 years. Excellent.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View henrygjeffreys's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/26/2023 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:

  Deep red/ purple colour, fading at the rim,
  Blackcurrants, touch earthy pencil shavings,
  Firm tannins, touch of vanilla, intense and concentrated. Lots of class here. Bordeaux-esque. Needs time to open up and ideally more time in bottle. Very classical.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View evanqian's profile
  • Report Issue

  5/25/2023 - evanqian wrote: 91 Points

  Dark fruits, cassis, ripe plum, blackberries, packs of spices, clove, vanilla. Dense mocha and dark chocolate. Some leather and of course, cigar box. Ripe tannins, fine grained but firm. Full body. Succulent and dense flavours, but a little rustic. Very good on density and length. Still young, need time to integrate.
  
  14% alc, aged 19 months in French oak barriques and hogsheads (20% new)
  
  JS 92, WF 91, Decanter 95, RC 18.5+
  
  Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 16/20, Overall 3+4/10
  Total 91+/100

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 10 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.