2005 Brand's Laira Cabernet Sauvignon Blockers

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  8/12/2016 - nulla Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Roughly 20 minutes after I opened it to let it breath I noticed a delicious aroma of crushed berries and violets. When put to the taste test, the fruit was accompanied by dusty tannins, subtle acid and cigar box wood. Really delicious, Dark red in colour no bricking, great body and length, no heat from the 15.5% alcohol. Must be smack bang at the peak of its' drinking window. On night two, the fruit is more subdued but the integrated package is every bit as delicious. 93+

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  6/22/2013 - brisbane piefan Likes this wine: 91 Points

  This is big in flavours and in alcohol content although I didn't really notice the latter too much. Red fruits, cherries, with a touch of dark chocolate sweetness. Well integrated flavours and drinking well now. No detectable heat on the finish so even the high alcohol seems well integrated too. Drinking nicely now.

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  9/24/2011 - Gourmetlover wrote:

  Dark Red with a hint of rustic garnet color
  Smell full of plum
  medium bodied
  a strong sense of tannins.

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  1/26/2010 - rednick@internode.on.net wrote:

  I'm still convinced this is on the downward slope. Initially (after 30 minute decant) the alcohol was very noticeable, improved after a short while and the fruit showed better but after a couple of hours had really started to fall apart and had a noticeable mid palate hole.

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  11/13/2009 - rednick@internode.on.net wrote:

  Easy drinking fruit and resolved tannins but getting a bit spirity - drink up

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