Posted: June 30, 2017
Pronounced Ribena-like aromas with medicinal touches. Interesting sweet/savoury flavours.
Comments Off on Taylors One Small Step South Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
A complex fusion of cassis and mulberry fruit aromas and a very elegant palate that’s rich and smooth with coffee bean elements.
Comments Off on Penfolds Max’s South Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Complex aromas; a hint of menthol with savoury flavours and subtle toasty oak.
Comments Off on Santa Julia Reserva Etiqueta Blanca Mendoza Argentina Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Dense herbal-like bouquet and a soft plump palate with light mulberry flavours.
Comments Off on Hardys Crest South Eastern Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Medicinal notes to the nose and a lightweight red fruit palate with ripe tannins.
Comments Off on 570 Vines The Seafarer South Eastern Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Elegant but complex aged bouquet and velvety smooth, lingering fruit, flavours.
Comments Off on Punters Corner Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Deep red wine with soft herbal bouquet and big rich flavoursome palate with a touch of tar.
Comments Off on Rymill Striking Colt Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Still very youthful and very grippy style with Ribena/roasted nut characters. Good tannins.
Comments Off on McGuigan The Pioneers Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Leafy and leathery on the nose and a zippy leafy varietal palate. Lovely food wine.
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Limited Cellar Release Home Block Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Dry floral fragrances; a complexity of truffles, cigar box and some red fruits. Lovely palate, still has some primary fruit with a third tier of flavours.
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Grande Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
A toffee/caramel bouquet with subtle fruit pushing through. Palate still has some cassis and leafy flavours with a rich tannic structure.
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Grande Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Very intense and very cabernet. Lovely oak sits on top of leafy, violet and cassis fruit characters. Has umami and soy elements. 5+
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Grande Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
A savoury style cabernet with a touch of soy and some leafy hints. Ready for drinking now.
Comments Off on Mt. Monster Limestone Coast Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Quite pungent and spicy on the nose with a silky smooth and flavoursome earthy palate.
Comments Off on Jip Jip Rocks Padthaway Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Well made wine – smooth, toasty and balanced with savoury fruit, ripe herbs and sweet oak.
Comments Off on Jip Jip Rocks Padthaway Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Berries and coffee beans lift off the nose and has excellent length of cassis fruit flavours layered with chocolaty characters.
Comments Off on Morambro Creek Padthaway Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Strawberry-like varietal fruit characters with well handled oak and a slight drying finish.
Comments Off on Top Note Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Muted savoury fruit fragrances and a slightly grippy palate with subtle varietal fruit expression.
Comments Off on Penley Estate Tolmer Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
An elegant melange of blackcurrant, olive, spice and coffee characters. Very classy aromas and flavours.
Comments Off on Penley Estate Phoenix Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
A classy ripe fruit nose with long, lingering sweet red plum flavours and drying finish.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines First Cut McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Soft smooth wine with briary, black/red fruits and dried herbs. Grippy tannic finish.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines First Cut McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Projects leafy dark fruit aromas and has a robust savoury palate. “A serious wine”. 5+
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines Protector McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Lovely concentration of dark berry, licorice and Bonox aromas. Savoury cassis palate. Very good tannin structure. “A sleeper”. 5+
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
An elegant, well made wine with a lovely herbal, cassis, peppercorn bouquet and a beautifully balanced palate with lovely sweet cassis fruit flavours and delicious tannins.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
“Such a very well balanced, elegant and long wine with lots of fruit”, according to one judge. The nose is all blackberries and chocolate. The palate is a generosity of fruit and oak. 5+
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Marie Elizabeth Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Subdued savoury aromas and a well structured palate with light varietal fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Sirromet Wines Signature Collection Granite Belt Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Some pungency to the nose and a very smooth, mature and completely integrated palate.
Comments Off on Koonowla Clare Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Red/black fruit aromas; some toffee and leathery elements. Complex fruit/oak flavour integration.
Comments Off on Koonowla Ringmaster Clare Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Beautifully complex floral fruit fragrances with slight mintiness. Elegant seamlessly integrated flavours of varietal fruit and cedary oak. “Many more years in it yet!”
Comments Off on Koonowla Clare Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Tight, young and grippy wine with fragrant sweet varietal fruit and balancing acidity.
Comments Off on Sidewood Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Beefy bouquet; a hint of greenness. Dark, brooding and slightly green palate. Needs more time. 3-5
Comments Off on Wicks Estate Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Lovely mix of cranberry and raspberry aromas. Very powerful fruit palate with toasty, roasted, caramel oak. Needs more time. 5+
Comments Off on Malone Wrattonbully Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Big heavy old school style; ripe and warm and almost shiraz like.
Comments Off on Curtis Family Vineyards Cavaliere McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Some cassis fruit and fresh oak on the nose. Very structured palate; tight and firm with sweet fruit and leaf litter notes. Time! 5+
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Estate Richardson Pyrenees Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
A raspberry fruit nose with a slight menthol lift. Lots of fruit lingering on the minty palate. A very flavoursome wine.
Comments Off on Chain of Ponds Amadeus Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Sweet aromatic lift to the complex nose. Dark fruit flavours with tarry/licorice characters developing. Good use of old and new oak.
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Wines Signature Series Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Ripe, dark and tarry. Quite developed for its age. Oak provides roasted nutty flavours. Drink now.
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Wines Martha’s Lane Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Nicely focussed varietal fruit characters of blueberries and currants with oak in the background.
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Wines Lions Lair Western Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
A savoury nose with a stalky green edge and nice core of dark fruit flavours on the attractive, slightly austere, palate.
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Wines Third Wheel Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Fresh blue fruits on the nose with clean medicinal notes. Palate is light but shows lovely fruit and oak balance. 3-5
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Wines Small Batch Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Nice nose with pungent complexity. Savoury palate; good integration of the fruit and oak with a lively line of acid. 3-5
Comments Off on McGuigan The Shortlist Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Complex but restrained aromas with an earthy lift. Very soft palate; zesty and fresh and showing lovely varietal fruit and tobacco oak.
Comments Off on McGuigan The Shortlist Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Leathery, tarry, nose. Red berry fruit and sweet aromatic oak on an acid driven palate.
Comments Off on Angas Plains Estate PJs Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Lifted earthy mulberry aromas and great varietal fruit with good oak to balance on a nicely textured palate.
Comments Off on Mistletoe Reserve Hilltops Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Ripe, aged and restrained bouquet. Some dried floral fragrances and a tight and complex palate with sweet cassis fruit and great acidity.
Comments Off on Reschke Empyrean Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Beautiful toasty oak notes on the nose. The dark fruit palate is quite lean and tight and still very fresh with many years left. 5+
Comments Off on Reschke Empyrean Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
An evolved, woody and well structured, classic. Some cooked characters on the nose and sweetness in the mouth.
Comments Off on Reschke Empyrean Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Dense porty/chocolaty wine – a lovely example of an aged cabernet. Still showing good varietal fruit laced with tertiary notes.
Comments Off on Reschke Empyrean Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Evolved, dark fruit bouquet and a big, sweet, cassis fruit palate that has lovely length and structure with creamy caramel characters on the finish. 5+
Comments Off on Reschke Empyrean Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Ripe varietal characters on the nose with herbal touches and leathery notes. Slightly stewed fruit characters on the palate.
Comments Off on Due South Great Southern Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017