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2011 Kingston Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Kingston Estate have offered up a few good value weekday reds in the past and the 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon - sourced from Coonawarra and Wrattonbully – was one such wine. This 2011 comes from the Mount Lofty Ranges and Mount Benson … Continue reading
2010 O’Leary Walker Cabernet Sauvignon
Clare Valley Cabernet has such an identifiable and delicious flavour profile when the vintage gods smile and the wine is well made. Thank the lord for 2010. Hopefully it will lure people back to a synergy between grape and region that deserves more … Continue reading
2010 Ross Hill Pinnacle Series Cabernet Sauvignon
A juicy and angular Cabernet with lashings of cedar and clove oak. The acid is brisk at the moment but it’s clearly a wine meant for the cellar rather than immediate consumption. Aromas of blackcurrant, mulberry, shaving foam, charred red peppers, cooking chocolate and … Continue reading
2010 Faisan Cabernet Sauvignon
I wasn’t taken with the Faisan Chardonnay I tasted earlier in the year but I reckon this Cabernet has a bit more going for it. It’s a dusty, medium bodied wine that will need time before we know its real … Continue reading
2010 Medhurst Cabernet Sauvignon
Classy, elegant Cabernet from the Yarra Valley. The 2010 season was a good one, with red varieties in particular excelling. Medhurst have made the most of it. Crème de cassis leads from the front in a luscious manner with red cherry … Continue reading
2010 Brothers in Arms 6th Generation Cabernet Sauvignon
The best of six wines submitted by Brothers in Arms. No doubt, a favourable vintage has something to do with that. It’s still very ripe, full-bodied and slightly truncated by alcohol warmth though. Cassis, mint patties and caramelised, hard roasted root … Continue reading
2009 Zema Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
A balanced and regional Cabernet from Zema Estate. More elegance than I’ve seen in a Zema wine in a while, but that rustic house-style remains. Happy times. Smells of cassis flecked with cherry and raspberry, some savoury earth and tar … Continue reading
2010 Wirra Wirra The Angelus Cabernet Sauvignon
For those who doubt the ability of McLaren Vale to produce great Cabernet Sauvignon, I present the 2010 Wirra Wirra The Angelus. No doughnut holes, glorious fruit, wonderfully pitched oak, profound structure and a true sense of life. Headily perfumed; … Continue reading
2010 Chapel Hill The Chosen Gorge Block Cabernet Sauvignon
From the same block that produces McLaren Vale’s finest Chardonnay. I wanted to take a closer look last time I was in the region but a (necessarily) hectic itinerary took its toll. Special dirt I reckon. Oh well, next time. … Continue reading
2010 Dowie Doole Cabernet Sauvignon
These Dowie Doole wines are so unforced, unpretentious and honest. The fruit is allowed to speak and what it has to say is simply worth hearing. There’s little in the way of oak detectable here. It’s a bloody refreshing take … Continue reading