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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 18 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Geoff7777 on 1/17/2020: Surprisingly youthful colour, bright and dense with very little browning. Black currants, cedar and capsicum nose with a hint of leather, and still some primary fruit. Palate is more of the same and amazingly fresh. This is an excellent vintage of this wine, 12.5% so not over ripe or excessively hot and it gives the wine its elegance. Disgraceful cork, btw. If you have any the cork will let you down before the wine will so I say drink up. (1232 views) | | | Tasted by theporkrail on 12/27/2018 & rated 97 points: saved probably the best wine of my year to the last week of the year! Just a stunning aged Cabernet, bayleaf and savoury herbaceousness, carried with enough fruit still hanging around to provide balance, sublime length. Thank you cork gods!! (1633 views) | | | Tasted by Cooky474 on 12/25/2017 & rated 91 points: Christmas 2017: No formal note as drunk with Christmas lunch.
From magnum, and still showing very young for a wine this old although I would drink up as even in magnum this is getting towards the end now. Probably served a degree too warm and could have done with a brief decant. (2325 views) | | | Tasted by Tony Molester on 4/10/2016: Great bottle drinking well. Seemless tannins, green capsicum nose, plush texture, leather, graphite, long finish.
Drink or hold to 2022
12.5%abv (3022 views) | | | Tasted by casper01 on 8/4/2015 & rated 94 points: Great Bottle (3383 views) | | | Tasted by CamWheeler on 5/23/2015 & rated 92 points: Blind Champagne Tasting: Eucalyptus, roses, redcurrant and cedar. Fresh and lean on the palate, there is savoury character to it. Tannins are really fine and the wine is in a really good spot for drinking now. (2976 views) | | | Tasted by cshall on 12/19/2014 & rated 92 points: Interesting. If tasted blind I would not have guessed this a being 23 years old!! Has held up unbelievably well, great cellaring work by supplier - undoubted quality. Convinces me of ensuring proper conditions for wines in years to come. Opened up very well after a few hrs in carafe. No fruit bomb just a great quality top shelf red from a small little reasonably well known region of delivering quality wines. (2423 views) | | | Tasted by Dubie on 9/2/2013 & rated 89 points: OK, so first let me say I am an unconditional old world snob, and a particular Burgundy fan. And I rarely rate wines higher than 94/100. With that backdrop, I thought this wine was one of the most enjoyable Australian wines I have had in some time, mostly because there was no oak in it. Also no vanilla. Straight up old world taste. Well done! (1919 views) | | | Tasted by Dubie on 9/2/2013 & rated 90 points: Solid is the word that comes to mind, both in its structure and taste and in its overall performance. Has aged well, and carried none of the vanilla / oaky coating of its breatheren such as Pyrus. (2589 views) | | | Tasted by vine20 on 10/31/2011 & rated 91 points: Bright red and clear with no visible signs of aging. Musty, barnyard nose. Classic cabernet indicia of flinty iron, cassis, cola, chocolate, some earth, barnyard and a dusty texture. (2460 views) | | | Tasted by t-slow on 2/2/2009 & rated 94 points: This was indeed a surprise. Beautiful colour a good sign - good storage. Bouquet was fresh, lots of fruits, a hint of mocca and tobacco. Tinge of vanilla. Good balance with the flavours well integrated. Good complexity to hold your attention. Nice finish. An enjoyable drink. This was a magnum. (2441 views) | | | Tasted by Nanook on 12/4/2008 & rated 93 points: Well, well, well... A little non-descript at first, coming straight out of a cool cellar. Really came alive with time and temp. Excellent clarity. Medium ruby red, showing burnt orange. Slightly sweet red berry and cedar bouquet, plus something else that I can't put the words to. Flavor, complexity and balance carry through to the palate. Soft tannins to close. Great with filet, even better after. Easy on the alcohol (13%), which I prefer. No need to rush with the next three, but I can't imagine seeing much improvement over this. We'll see what tomorrow brings with this bottle. Pretty special stuff...
Had the last glass on Day 3. "More" sums it up. Depth, body, character, complexity, flavor. I did enjoy this Coonawarra Cab... (2259 views) | | | Tasted by deanrobinson on 5/29/2006 & rated 93 points: beautiful cabernet - thoroughly recommend it (2353 views) | | | Tasted by CamWheeler on 1/23/2006 & rated 92 points: (Original Release Bottle) - Pencil shavings, cedar, cassis. Lovely complexity on the palate, great length. Super stuff. (2219 views) | | | Tasted by SadEdjo on 1/5/2003: now much more subtle but profound - a genuine winner (1496 views) | | | Tasted by SadEdjo on 4/18/1998: still lots of fruit & vanilla (1577 views) | | | Tasted by SadEdjo on 4/27/1997: decanted 5 hours prior drinking; ozzie fruit bomb; strawberry oak nose & finish; medium tannins; enough balance to benefit more cellaring; a real marvel (1666 views) |
| Lindeman's Producer website
Producer websiteCabernet SauvignonCabernet Sauvignon is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth. It is rivaled in this regard only by its Bordeaux stablemate Merlot, and its opposite number in Burgundy, Pinot Noir. From its origins in Bordeaux, Cabernet has successfully spread to almost every winegrowing country in the world. It is now the key grape variety in many first-rate New World wine regions, most notably Napa Valley, Coonawarra and Maipo Valley. Wherever they come from, Cabernet Sauvignon wines always seem to demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, good tannin structure, moderate acidity and aromas of blackcurrant, tomato leaf, dark spices and cedarwood.
Used as frequently in blends as in varietal wines, Cabernet Sauvignon has a large number of common blending partners. Apart from the obvious Merlot and Cabernet Franc, the most prevalent of these are Malbec, Petit Verdot and Carmenere (the ingredients of a classic Bordeaux Blend), Shiraz (in Australia's favorite blend) and in Spain and South America, a Cabernet – Tempranillo blend is now commonplace. Even the bold Tannat-based wines of Madiran are now generally softened with Cabernet SauvignonAustralia Wine Australia (Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation) | Australian Wines (Wikipedia)South Australia South Australian Wine Industry Association | South Australian Wines (Wikipedia)Limestone Coast Limestone CoastCoonawarra Coonawarra |
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