Posted: April 4, 2017
A big intense and well oaked wine with hints of cedar and ribena on the nose and dark rich fruit flavours on the generous palate with its silky tannins. A mere youth with a good future.
Comments Off on Scarpantoni Estate Brothers Block McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A beautifully aged food wine with nice minty berry fruit aromas and similar characters echoed on the well integrated, and still vibrant, palate.
Comments Off on Scarpantoni Estate Brothers Block McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
An excellent varietal base here of leafy minty fruit characters developing a nice earthiness. Intense aromas and powerful mouthfilling flavours. Still amazingly youthful. 5+
Comments Off on Chateaux Latour Bordeaux Bordeaux Blend 2011 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nose is a powerful mélange of blueberry and tobacco characters with meaty/earthy elements. Slightly thin palate with leafy berry fruit flavours, rich meatiness and powerful tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Chateau Lafite Rothschild Bordeaux Bordeaux Blend 2011 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Developing aromas; minerally berries, touch of leather and quite a high level of mintiness. Very long minty fruit palate with soy like notes and drying tannins.
Comments Off on Chateau Haut Brion Bordeaux Bordeaux Blend 2011 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Spicy cedary aromas with good use of oak obvious on the fleshy palate and tannins providing length.
Comments Off on Paul Mas Estate Nicole Vineyard Pezenas France Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Earthy plum and spicy licorice bouquet with an oaky palate layered with big sweet fruit and persistent tannins.
Comments Off on Katnook Squire’s Blend Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A solid, nicely weighted and well structured wine with juicy brambly fruit, some berry notes and nice oak in the background.
Comments Off on Penfolds Koonunga Hill South Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Deep purple/red wine. Very fresh, clean and intense fruit bouquet and a vibrant palate with powerful concentration of varietal flavours, nice oak and excellent tannins.
Comments Off on Mount Cathedral Vineyards Reserve Central Victoria Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Vibrant herbal floral varietal fragrances and sweet upfront leafy berry flavours. Well made.
Comments Off on Zonte’s Footstep Avalon Tree Fleurieu Peninsula Cabernet Tempranillo 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Fine dusty/floral nose and a nicely structured palate with some good varietal characters.
Comments Off on Parson’s Paddock Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A well integrated easy drinker with intense dark floral fruit complexity to the nose and loads of bright red fruit flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on Mollydooker Gigglepot McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big thick rich jammy spicy cabernet that’s deep crimson in colour and made more in an old school style.
Comments Off on Mollydooker The Maitre D McLaren Vale Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A huge powerful wine that needs years! An intense bouquet of dark fruits and vanilla oak and a big mouthful of sweet fruit with caramelly oak and velvety tannins. 5+
Comments Off on The Blackwood Reserve Captain James Blackwood Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Big tannic wine with slight herbal blackberry fruit trying to keep up. Some boot polish notes to the nose and lovely palate texture with flavours that build along its length.
Comments Off on St Johns Brook Single Vineyard Margaret River Cabernet Merlot 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Ripe sweet varietal fruit integrating nicely with the toasty oak and underscored by fine tannins and good acidity. Potential! 5+
Comments Off on Optimus The Terraces Block 3 Blackwood Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
This youth needs cellaring to show its true self. Intense rich dark sweet fruit nose and tightly focused palate that’s big and dark with olive-like elements. 5+
Comments Off on Sandalford Estate Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Savory earthy nose with a lovely pine like freshness. Inky meaty palate with good tarry length.
Comments Off on Sandalford Margaret River Range Margaret River Cabernet Merlot 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Good bottle age maturation here. Nice nuttiness to the nose and a well balanced palate with a high level of tannins. At its peak.
Comments Off on Umamu Estate Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Floral red currant bouquet with a slight herbal notes and light bodied soft spicy earthy palate.
Comments Off on Basket Range Wine Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Petit Verdot 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Sweet floral lift to the nose and an oak-driven palate with ripe sweet fruit underneath.
Comments Off on Ernest Hill Wines C.E.O Hunter Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Acid tending to dominate the black olive/roast fig-like characters with a mountain of soft tannins. Still has plenty left in it. 5+
Comments Off on Kopparossa Vintage Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Developing sweet cedary/fruit aromas with hints of mint and coffee. Varietal palate is complex and layered with great acid intensity.
Comments Off on Kopparossa Vintage Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Floral lift to the berry nose. Flavours in the sweet red fruit spectrum with balancing drying tannins.
Comments Off on Galafrey Dry Grown Mt Barker Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A deep crimson wine with lifted minty herbal aromas; hints of spice, earth and tar. Delicious palate, rich and tarry with seamless balance and persistence of fruit, oak and tannins.
Comments Off on Mr Riggs Outpost Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
An excellent blend; very refreshing. Cherries lift off the nose. Good level of primary fruit flavours. Obvious tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Woody Nook Margaret River Cabernet Merlot 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Minerally blue fruit nose and an elegant balance of blue fruit and cedar oak on the very attractive sweet palate.
Comments Off on Woody Nook Gallagher’s Choice Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A lightweight with a delicate structure. Blue fruit aromas tinged with leather. Loads of tannins on a semi sweet fruit palate.
Comments Off on Gralyn Estate Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
“Another example of a great wine!” Huge wow factor to the nose and a fantastic fresh earthy palate that goes on and on with a great tannin backbone. Drink now and enjoy!
Comments Off on Gralyn Estate Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Chocolaty bouquet and big unctuous palate with upfront blackberry and vanilla oak flavours.
Comments Off on Land of the Vines McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Oaky and quite developed. Leathery characters on the nose and rich fruit flavours with oak in the background. 3-5
Comments Off on God’s Hill Permanent Arm Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
“Almost perfect – a godsend!”, thought one judge. Quite developed leathery, cedar and sweet fruit aromas and an amalgam of fruit, figs and cedar on the palate. Beautiful drinking now.
Comments Off on God’s Hill Permanent Arm Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Fruity and fresh with dark berry fruit-like aromas and a very well balanced varietal palate.
Comments Off on Ross Hill Wines Pinnacle Series Orange Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Fully matured wine ready for drinking now. Sweet and savory characters on the nose and a seamless mix of sweet fruit/oak flavours.
Comments Off on Stockman’s Ridge Wines Outlaw Orange Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
“Handling its age very well”, said one judge. Dark berry fruits with minty notes and drying tannins.
Comments Off on Wicks Estate C.J Wicks Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Intense black fruit nose, some green notes and hints of herbs. Green edge to the palate with strong tannins. Time!
Comments Off on K1 by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Leafy blueberry fruit integrating nicely with the oak, acid and tannins with interesting meaty notes.
Comments Off on Pertaringa Regional Series Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A simple but sound style with the dark berry/blackcurrant fruit showing a tinge of violets. 5+
Comments Off on Pertaringa Rifle & Hunt Adelaide Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very attractive cool climate style with subtle herbal aromas and lovely upfront blackberry and sweet herb flavours with spicy earthy notes and big oak tannins.
Comments Off on Pertaringa Understudy McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Dark minty/cherry nose and big mouthcoating tannic palate with sweet dark berry flavours.
Comments Off on Berton Vineyards Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A powerful well structured cabernet showing very good winemaking and will greatly improve with more cellaring. Nice blackcurrant bouquet and satin smooth palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Berton Vineyards High Eden Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A powerful blend with vibrant cherry and sweet cedar oak aromas and soft chocolaty palate with plenty of minty characters. Time! 3-5
Comments Off on Babich Irongate Hawke’s Bay Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Cabernet Franc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
“Fresh and fruitful”. Deep purple wine with good acid and tannin balance and still has plenty of years ahead of it yet. Very intense aromas and very rich flavours with powerful tannins.
Comments Off on Babich The Patriarch Hawke’s Bay Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec Merlot 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big rich flavoursome chocolaty style with lots of tannins and plenty of character.
Comments Off on Tenafeate Creek One Tree Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A sound, clean, riper style with leafy tobacco characters on the nose and a tight grippy dark savory/charry palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Cockfighter’s Ghost Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Pungent and minty on the nose with unusual sweet/sour characters on the big flavoursome palate and grippy tannins.
Comments Off on Cockfighter’s Ghost Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Balanced full bodied wine. Slight leathery development to the minty red fruit nose and powerful minty flavours.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Well made and seamlessly balanced with layers of cool sweet berry fruit, savory oak and mint aromas. Wonderful silky smooth palate with a complexity of oak and juicy fruit flavours
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Beautifully layered stylish cabernet with a rich intensity of varietal fruit showing a hint of dill-like character with some very juicy and fine grained silky smooth tannins.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Marie Elizabeth Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017