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2010 Pertaringa Rifle & Hunt Cabernet Sauvignon
A sweetly oaked, generously proportioned McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon which needs time for everything to integrate. Black and red curranty fruit, chocolate with roasted root vegetables and herbs. Has some savoury earthen characters and a surprising note of paprika. The … Continue reading
2010 Terre à Terre Cabernet Sauvignon
Xavier Bizot and Lucy Croser’s seven hectare close-planted vineyard lies directly next door to the Tapanappa Whalebone vineyard in Wrattonbully, South Australia. The Cabernet Sauvignon vines were planted in 2004. Low fruiting wire is utilised – only 50cm above ground. … Continue reading
2011 Shottesbrooke Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
The fruit for this comes from 26 year-old vines planted in the McLaren Flat subregion of the Vale, at the foothills of the Mount Lofty ranges. A good place to grow Cabernet it would seem. Not the only one in … Continue reading
2011 Oakridge Local Vineyard Series Oakridge Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
A blend of 86% Cabernet and 14% Merlot from Coldstream in the Yarra Valley. Maturation took place in 225 litre barriques (35% new) for 17 months. Smells alive and tastes that way too. Medium-bodied at most with the emphasis firmly … Continue reading
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2011 Brookland Valley Margaret River Unison Cabernet Sauvignon
A new range from Brookland Valley. This offers an affable and flavoursome introduction to the synergy between the Margaret River and Cabernet Sauvignon. I’m very much of the belief that it’s important to get good regional wines at around the twenty-dollar mark out … Continue reading
2009 d’Arenberg The Coppermine Road Cabernet Sauvignon
It’s easy to overlook this wine when it’s presented young in a blind line-up…especially if you’re tasting fast. Not my preferred approach – but sometimes that’s what you end up doing. While it’s dense and has a sweetness to it, … Continue reading
2008 Brown Brothers Patricia Cabernet Sauvignon
As good as the Brown Brothers Patricia Pinot Noir Chardonnay is year in year out, and as undeniably high-class as the Patricia Noble Riesling can be I feel that the Patricia Shiraz, Chardonnay and now the Cabernet are letting the … Continue reading
2010 Brash Higgins CBSV Cabernet Sauvignon
I’m trying to locate the Omensetter Vineyard (from which the grapes for this wine were picked) on Google maps. It appears to lie about halfway between Tatachilla and Willunga. The winery website mentions “the south-western lip of McLaren Vale”. It was … Continue reading
2011 Yalumba Y Series Cabernet Sauvignon
Not a bad rendition of Cabernet Sauvignon from the [cough] challenging 2011 vintage in “South East Australia”. Given that you’ll probably find it for less than RRP it may be worth a look. Mulberry and blackberry, mulch and herbal elements. … Continue reading
2010 Evans & Tate Redbrook Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon
Liked the latest Redbrook Chardonnay, like this as well. They must be doing something right over there in the Margaret River. More blackberry than blackcurrant. Freshness and life with some flashes of raspberry too. Bay leaf and gum leaf. Cedary oak. … Continue reading