Posted: November 30, 2021
A closed nose with just a hint of blue fruit and toasty oak with more of the same evident on the palate. Good line of acid.
Comments Off on Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lovely purple hues with lifted candied blackcurrant aromas, lean blue fruit flavours and drying tannins.
Comments Off on Leconfield Coonawarra Merlot 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Savoury fruit aromas and light bodied, slightly green fruit, palate with well managed acid and tannins.
Comments Off on Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernet Franc 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Spicy nose with a lift of black fruits and a rich weighty black fruit palate with firm tannins and good tight acid.
Comments Off on Leconfield ‘The Sydney’ Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Assertive oak nose with plum fruit underneath. Oak dominates the warm complex palate with a firm finish. Cellaring potential.
Comments Off on Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Slight menthol notes to the savoury/cola bouquet with flavours like rum and raisin chocolate.
Comments Off on Richard Hamilton ‘Hut Block’ McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Blackberry nose with a lift of prune characters. Nice integration of fruit and oak on the elegant, well focussed, palate.
Comments Off on Saracen Estates Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Subtle aromas with developed Bonox-like meaty notes and some pretty minty blackcurrant flavours with soft tannins.
Comments Off on Gomersal Wines Premium Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lovely compote of varietal fruit aromas with a warming palate that is rich with persistent prune-like flavours and has tightly wound tannins in abundance.
Comments Off on Chain Of Ponds Amadeus Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Dark inky nose with soy-like notes and a big chewy dark fruit palate with a lovely tannic profile and a chocolaty finish.
Comments Off on Angas & Bremer Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Good confectionery blackcurrant aromas and stewed plum-like flavours with a toasty oak finish.
Comments Off on Pioneer Road Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Subtle savoury aromas and attractive ageing dried fruit flavours with chewy tannins.
Comments Off on Parson’s Paddock South Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Great colour with intense dark red hues and great depth of black fruit fragrances with a dark and brooding varietal fruit palate. A tad tannic but it is in balance.
Comments Off on Tail Spin Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Savoury nose with chocolaty esters. Very soft, warm and spicy in the mouth.
Comments Off on Grower’s Gate South Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A very pretty wine with slightly herbaceous, pure varietal fruit fragrances. Solid palate with earthy chocolaty flavours, chalky tannins and acid nicely in check.
Comments Off on Rymill Coonawarra MC2 Coonawarra Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Some nice complexity here with dark floral fruits, toasty oak and drying tannins.
Comments Off on Castelli Great Southern Cabernet Merlot 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An enormous wine with ripe roasted fig/sweet black olive characters. “Needs at least 10 years!”
Comments Off on Reillys RCV ‘The Dancer’ Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Still amazingly fresh for a 4-year-old; savoury and earthy with hints of rum and raisin characters. Old school!
Comments Off on Reillys Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A ripe, well aged, style with attractive Christmas cake-like aromas and flavours.
Comments Off on Koonara Wanderlust Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Jubey fruit nose with a pretty perfumed lift and good concentration of sweet blue fruit flavours with fine tannins and a toasty oak finish.
Comments Off on Cumulus Vineyards Block 50 Central Ranges Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A perfumed rose petal bouquet with spicy red currant driven flavour profile.
Comments Off on Cumulus Vineyards Head In The Clouds Orange & Central Ranges Merlot 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lovely concentration of plum aromas with lifted floral notes. The juicy medium bodied palate is filled with flavours of fig paste and blackcurrants with soft tannins.
Comments Off on Cumulus Vineyards Rolling Central Ranges Cabernet Merlot 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Rich, dark and meaty fruit aromas with a well-structured palate that has good length of toasty blackcurrant flavours.
Comments Off on Krondorf Founders View Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Good presence of lifted blue fruit varietal characters on the nose and a palate with plenty of tannins filling the mouth and a good oak backbone.
Comments Off on Krondorf Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A very pretty and elegant varietal fruit bouquet with a cola-like edge and a dense oily palate full of dark fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Cat Amongst The Pigeons Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lean and brambly style. Big hit of white pepper on the nose and flavours of berries, mint and violets.
Comments Off on Riddoch Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An intensity of menthol/mint lifts off the nose and is echoed on the dark cherry palate.
Comments Off on Riddoch Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Very deep purple wine with loads of bright lifted blue and black fruit varietal characters showing an attractive floral/violet edge and laced with fine chalky tannins.
Comments Off on Black Wattle Vineyards Mt Benson Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A complex bouquet of cassis fruit, olives and herbs and an interesting flavoursome palate with seamless integration between rich fruit and oak and supported by fine tannins.
Comments Off on Plantagenet Wyjup Collection Mt Barker Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Fragrances of currants with underlying green olive notes and a firm and assertive tannic palate.
Comments Off on Fuddling Cup Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Subtle and somewhat restrained dark spicy fruit bouquet with licorice nuances and very good concentration of dark varietal fruit flavours across the palate.
Comments Off on RedHeads Nobs & Snobs Clare Valley Malbec Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lovely mocha/coconut-like oak characters on the nose and good presence of blue fruit flavours with chewy tannins and a lingering toasty oak finish.
Comments Off on RedHeads Esule McLaren Vale Cabernet Franc Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Subtle leathery/cola aromas and some dark fruit flavours with a good line of acid and savoury tannins.
Comments Off on Artwine The Doghouse Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Merlot 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lightly medicinal red fruit nose and a leaner, greener and elegant palate.
Comments Off on Carillion Origins Arbitrage Wrattonbully Merlot Cabernet Shiraz Petit Verdot 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A lighter style but still a good example of the variety with herbal/minty fruit and mouth filling tannins.
Comments Off on Briar Ridge Cold Soaked Orange Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A riper style with a brooding bouquet of dark ripe fruits and a current-like edge with a powerful hit of rich varietal fruit flavours and firm tannins. “Will repay with time!” 5+
Comments Off on Stage Door Wine Co. ‘Headliner’ Eden Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A ripe figgy fruit nose that carries through onto the toasty oak laden palate.
Comments Off on Burk Salter Riverland SA Merlot Cabernet 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
The nose is restrained, oaky and leathery with the palate showing good concentration of ripe chocolaty fruit flavours with hints of figs and quinces. Very varietal.
Comments Off on Burk Salter Riverland SA Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Great ripe, chocolaty, old school style high alcohol but in balance with cigar box oak and chewy tannins.
Comments Off on Burk Salter Riverland SA Merlot Cabernet 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Good ripeness of chocolaty fruit with some raisined notes and nicely balanced by the acid and tannins.
Comments Off on Taylors Reserve Parcel Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Good concentration of minty blackcurrant varietal fruit with some nice oak characters sitting on top.
Comments Off on Taylors Jaraman Clare Valley & Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A young fruit driven cabernet exhibiting nice purity of varietal fruit with savoury esters and balancing acid.
Comments Off on Taylors Heritage Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A spicy and minty cooler climate style. “A peppermint pattie personified,” declared one judge. A pretty nose, soft in the mouth, velvety tannins and great palate length.
Comments Off on Taylor Made BDX Clare Valley Cabernet Merlot Malbec Cabernet Franc 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A warm, ripe and oak driven wine with slightly jammy blackcurrant fruit pushing through. Soft in the mouth.
Comments Off on Atze’s Corner A Label Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Powerful crimson wine. Very concentrated ripe red fruit fragrances with cedary oak adding complexity and full bodied full flavoured palate with mouth-coating tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Garden & Field Gnadenberg Road Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon Refosco 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lovely purple hues here with a spicy blackcurrant bouquet and lively fruit flavours and a very good line of acid.
Comments Off on Paulett Wines Polish Hill River Clare Valley Cabernet Merlot 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Pretty floral bouquet and an elegant, slightly green, cool climate palate with delicate fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Paulett Wines Polish Hill River Clare Valley Cabernet Merlot 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Somewhat restrained floral varietal fragrances and some dark fruit flavours on a slightly lean palate.
Comments Off on Wines By Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Cabernet 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Enticing dark fruit bouquet with good use of oak and a fruit filled palate with good varietal definition.
Comments Off on Wines By Geoff Hardy K1 Adelaide Hills Cabernet 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Dense dark fruit fragrances with a soy-like edge leading on to a lovely savoury chocolaty palate with good flavour depth, great structure and a solid tannin structure.
Comments Off on Walter Wines Federation Hill Single Vineyard Mudgee NSW Cabernet Merlot 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021