Posted: July 21, 2022
Confectionery cabernet – quite fresh for its age with good complexity. Drink now.
Comments Off on Yalumba The Menzies Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Quite a straightforward style with its ripe briary fruit and cigar box oak. Years in it yet.
Comments Off on Yalumba The Signature Barossa Cabernet Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Rich and ripe and according to one judge – “Authentic!” with a Cherry Ripe nose and leafy/meaty fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Hay Shed Hill Pitchfork Margaret River Cabernet Merlot 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A classy wine; a lovely rich compote of blackberry, cassis and oak with plenty of acid ensuring a long life.
Comments Off on Hay Shed Hill Kerrigan + Berry Mount Barker Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Mulberry, blackcurrant, leafy and inky characters lift off the nose and follows through to the grippy tannic palate.
Comments Off on Hay Shed Hill Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Warm earthy/dark berry bouquet and big soft palate with great savoury/umami characters.
Comments Off on Hay Shed Hill Morrison’s Gift Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Aromas are reminiscent of beef jus and showing a balsamic-like intensity. Lovely fruit cake-like characters to the palate with a meaty/savoury nuance.
Comments Off on Hay Shed Hill Block 2 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Inviting lifted and delicate aromas and a vibrant red fruit palate with subtle varietal expression, meaty notes and earthy elements. A very pretty wine.
Comments Off on St Johns Wine Round Puzzle Margaret River Cabernet Malbec 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A Christmas cake-like complexity to the nose and excellent intensity of flavours sitting in the super dark fruit spectrum. “Very moreish!”
Comments Off on St Johns Limited Release Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec Merlot Petit Verdot 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A huge powerful wine – all earthy and chocolaty. Very old school.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Wines Parham McLaren Vale Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A rich ripe fruit cake-like driven nose and a warm and lively palate that is all class and elegance with good retention of freshness. Old school style.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Wines Reserve McLaren Vale Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A solid plum nose and a warm firm palate showing an excellent elegant structure and some great varietal fruit with a good tannic grip.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Wines Reserve McLaren Vale Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A soft, mature and old-fashioned style but still has plenty of life in it. Minty briary fruit fragrances and silky-smooth licorice/cassis palate.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Wines G & W McLaren Vale Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Floral fragrances with a chocolate note and a bright lean black and blue fruit palate.
Comments Off on Fowles Wine Stone Dwellers Single Vineyard Strathbogie Ranges Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Great approachable medium bodied red that is soft, savoury and surprisingly developed.
Comments Off on Artwine Pack Leader Single Vineyard Clare Valley Cabernet Franc 2021 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Bright fresh red currant and eucalypt nose and rich ripe palate; lots of oak and tannins. Ageing potential.
Comments Off on Artwine Pack Leader Single Vineyard Clare Valley Cabernet Franc 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Cool, minty and leafy aromas with “shaded” fruit characters on the well-balanced palate.
Comments Off on Pig In The House Organic Cowra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Spicy plum aromas with cherry notes and a complex mix of berry and beef bone flavours with drying tannins.
Comments Off on Moonlighters South Australia Petit Verdot Malbec Merlot 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A complexity of aromas reminiscent of a Cherry Ripe chocolate bar. The palate is tight and warm and complete. All it needs is some more time.
Comments Off on Whip-Hand Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Bright purple wine; very young with lots of blackcurrant fruit, smoky oak and a tannic grip.
Comments Off on Catbird Seat Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Rich and generous with a bright lift of briary fruit fragrances and pure varietal fruit flavours under the oak.
Comments Off on Esule McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Good use of oak here with hints of blackcurrant, plums, spices, some earthy elements and drying tannins.
Comments Off on Mount Avoca Estate Organic Pyrenees Merlot 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A eucalypt-like freshness to the cassis nose and a classy palate with excellent blackcurrant-like varietal character and nice spicy oak in a supporting role.
Comments Off on Paulett Wines Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A huge wine – very young with an abundance of Ribena-like fruit characters and a herbal thread.
Comments Off on Paulett Wines 109 Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Leafy and savoury on the nose with leathery aged characters developing that is echoed on the balanced palate.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Protector McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A serious youthful number that is a seamless balance of blackcurrant fruit, spices and chocolaty elements.
Comments Off on The Musician By Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A pretty classic – still very young and needing more time to really shine. Some lovely purple fruit characters with minty nuances. “A real bargain!” 5+
Comments Off on The Musician By Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Lean and angular with crunchy red fruit characters. Very young give it time.
Comments Off on The Composer By Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A complex and interesting fruit driven style with attractive inky intensity and showing great varietal expression and persistence with good tannic grip.
Comments Off on The Composer By Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Super cool climate herbal style of cabernet showing a freshness of cassis and capsicum characters.
Comments Off on GPL68 By Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A big rich and well-balanced wine that offers a lovely complexity of mixed berry fruit characters laced with chocolaty oak elements.
Comments Off on Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A fine rich dry red style with big bold chocolate/vanilla characters sitting on the fruit.
Comments Off on Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
The nose is all spices, herbs and dark chocolate. Soft and simple in the mouth with tangy tart characters.
Comments Off on Erin Eyes Ballycapple Clare Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A big, classy cabernet that is all dark and brooding and showing great texture, excellent varietal fruit weight and loads of tannins. Still just a baby. 5+
Comments Off on Bird’s Eye View McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A classic dry red style with soft savoury elements and grippy tannins.
Comments Off on Tail Spin Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
An earthy, complex and tannic wine of dark berry fruits with forest floor notes.
Comments Off on Chain Of Ponds Novello Adelaide Cabernet Merlot 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A big, firm and complex wine that’s dark and spicy and maintaining its varietal integrity throughout with grippy tannins and lots of oak.
Comments Off on Chain Of Ponds Amadeus Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A solid, well made, wine that’s dark and inky with well-framed cassis fruit fragrances and great persistence of blackberry and blueberry fruit flavours on an elegant palate.
Comments Off on Nightfall Draco Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
An elegant cool climate Bordeaux blend. Lovely floral/violet lift to the minty purple fruit fragrances with great persistence of blue/purple fruit and chocolate flavours.
Comments Off on Nightfall Libra Dry Red Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc Merlot 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Complex nose of sweet vanilla oak and licorice with a peppermint note. Good spicy length to the elegant licorice/black fruit driven palate.
Comments Off on Brand & Sons Sanctuary Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Dense purple, intensely grippy, wine that offers a rich complexity of blackberry, cassis and toasty oak on both the nose and palate with a mineral-like thread.
Comments Off on Brand & Sons Sanctuary Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A great example of the variety with a lovely blackcurrant fruit backbone, some olives and some earthiness with great oak to balance and mocha notes.
Comments Off on Brand & Sons Bakers Run Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A rich, complex and well-balanced cabernet. Lovely, sweet fruit and good oak/tannin integration.
Comments Off on Briar Ridge Big Bully Limited Release Wrattonbully Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Dense and brooding earthy/cassis bouquet with a spicy oak lift. Intense cassis flavours are supported by some classy oak and big chalky tannins.
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Reserve McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Intense purple wine with subtle inky fruit fragrances and a huge intensity and persistence of brooding fruit flavours. Still fresh and lively.
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Reserve McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Ripe Ribena-like nose and palate with an assertive tannin profile carrying nice flavours.
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Red Label McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Sweet plum bouquet with a dash of vanilla and a serious, grippy and youthful palate with an oaky finish.
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Adelaide Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022