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.
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Posted: May 12, 2022
This stylish red is a blend of cabernet sauvignon (41%), cabernet franc (38%), merlot (20%) and malbec (1%), barrel-aged for a year (50% new). Full-coloured, it is mouthfilling, youthful and savoury, with rich, well-ripened blackcurrant, plum and spice flavours, and…
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Very youthful with bright lifted varietal fruit, chewy tannins and a savoury finish.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Pretty spicy red fruit fragrances with a soft well-rounded palate with lively sweet and spicy berry/licorice fruit and good use of oak in the background.
Comments Off on Nightfall Dry Red Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc Merlot 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Good concentration of varietal fruit characters with plenty of acid and hints of oak.
Comments Off on Nightfall Dry Red Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc Merlot 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A lean uncomplicated oak dominant blend with dark chocolaty characters, chewy tannins and attractive earthy esters.
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Posted: December 10, 2019
A Cherry Ripe-like combination of cherry fruit and chocolaty oak with pretty violet notes. It’s young and tight and needs time. 3-5
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Posted: July 3, 2019
Soft and very drinkable with aged berry fruit, nice spicy herbal notes and interesting layers of leather and tobacco characters.
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Posted: March 7, 2019
An intense full bodied crimson red wine with rich lifted blackcurrant fruit characters, minty/menthol notes and nuances of forest floor and earthy elements.
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Posted: June 30, 2017
Developed licorice nose. Sweet blackberry and plum flavours on a soft, simple and refined palate with a savoury edge.
Comments Off on Penley Estate Chertsey Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc Merlot 2014 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 16, 2017
A big rich style with tight blueberry fruits and drying tannins. Needs more time. 3-5
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Posted: June 9, 2017
Lifted confectionery sweet fruit aromas and a restrained and elegant palate with unmistakable cabernet fruit characters. 3-5
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Posted: June 9, 2017
Inky crimson wine with intense jubey bouquet and subtle cigar box oak. An elegant, flavoursome and well structured palate that is still very fresh and lively for a 3-year-old.
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