Posted: July 21, 2022
Minty bouquet with slight tobacco notes. Medium weight palate, good acid backbone and with the mintiness coming through.
Comments Off on Paulett Wines 109 Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
An herbaceous, earthy and minty nose and a pleasant mint chocolate palate.
Comments Off on Erin Eyes Wines Ballycapple Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A classic blockbuster of an Aussie cabernet – all dark berries, bitumen and herbs. Still amazingly fresh and will reward with further cellaring.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Platinum Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Obviously cabernet – true to the variety with its blackberry bouquet showing a dash of herbs and savoury notes and its firm varietal palate framed with tannins.
Comments Off on Glenlofty Estate Decameron Grampians Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Tight and complex with ripe blackberry fruit seamlessly balanced by the oak.
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Estate Richardson Pyrenees Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Dense colour with a briary berry bouquet layered with cedary oak and followed by a fruit cake-like palate supported by some excellent tannins.
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Estate Richardson Reserve Pyrenees Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A pretty lifted varietal fruit nose and a powerful concentration of varietal flavours.
Comments Off on Mitchelton Wines Vine To Wine Great Western Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Toasty and spicy on the nose with sweet blackcurrant flavours laced with violets.
Comments Off on Singlefile Single Vineyard Frankland River Great Southern Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
An intense purple fruit bomb of a wine with lifted aromas and soft generous flavours.
Comments Off on Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Blueberry bouquet with earthy/forest floor complexity. Lovely palate; tight, elegant and complex with great length of savoury/meaty flavours and bold tannins.
Comments Off on Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Inviting, beautifully poised, aromas of dark berries with spicy earthy characters. Excellent fruit flavours in the purple/blue fruit spectrum. One to put away!
Comments Off on Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Dense purple wine with ripe lifted varietal fruit and cigar box-like oak. Solid wine.
Comments Off on Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Rifle & Hunt McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
“Very impressive young wine.” Cool and classy with lovely purple hues, spicy chocolate nose and a complex textured palate with lingering flavours.
Comments Off on Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Understudy McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Rich and flavoursome wine with a cedary oak nose and an elegant oak driven palate.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Wines Alessandro Reserve Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
An old fashioned, oak driven, style supported by a mix of berry fruits and forest floor-like complexity.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Wines Bluegrass Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A soft, easy drinking, “chocolate shop” of a wine with a lingering sweet finish.
Comments Off on Burk Salter SA Riverland Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A solid old school style of cabernet that’s big, bold and brimming over with flavour.
Comments Off on Peccavi Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Pretty herbaceous style with a floral lift to the nose and a palate of soft plum fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Ponting Close Of Play Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A big lively cabernet with an elegance of savoury/olive characters and huge tannins.
Comments Off on Greg Norman Estates Limestone Coast Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Inky fruit aromas and an austere grippy palate. Still very young, needs more age.
Comments Off on Maygars Hill Strathbogie Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A classic cool climate cabernet with pretty herbal characters and lovely use of oak.
Comments Off on Maygars Hill Strathbogie Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A cassis fruit bomb that is balanced by some classy oak and supported by a pleasant soft and chewy tannin backbone. Great palate texture.
Comments Off on Gapsted Wines Ballerina Canopy King Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Clean, well-made but super young. Lacks complexity for now. Needs time.
Comments Off on Allegiance Wines The Artisan Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Lean and green with a mix of bean, capsicum and peppercorn characters.
Comments Off on Allegiance Wines The Artisan Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Soft and maturing gracefully with inviting secondary chocolaty complexity to the nose and a delicious mix of dark chocolate and black cherry flavours. “Yum!”
Comments Off on Wild Game Wine ‘The Duke’ Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
An intense, complex and powerful bouquet with delicious dense red berry fruit flavours on the lovely palate and seamlessly balanced by the oak.
Comments Off on Monteperle Reserve Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A classy number with great colour, a beautifully complex nose and an excellent palate structure. It’s rich and generous but shows good restraint.
Comments Off on Monteperle Reserve Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Earthy mocha characters obvious on the nose with a beautifully aged palate sitting in the savoury spectrum with excellent tannins.
Comments Off on Gralyn Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A beautiful velvety smooth wine offering lots of everything – sweet fruit, good oak, lovely bottle age and an attractive savoury element.
Comments Off on Gralyn Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A fabulously aged cabernet that is drinking beautifully now. Obvious smoky/savoury/bacon bone characters on the nose that carry on to the palate.
Comments Off on Gralyn Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A very mature wine; still has a great colour and still in excellent condition with meaty/cigar box aromas and a beautifully evolved flavour profile.
Comments Off on Gralyn Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Dense purple wine with subtle elegance and enduring length. It offers a complexity of plum, licorice and blackberry fruit characters with classy oak and great tannins.
Comments Off on Corryton Burge The Brigadier Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A big oak driven style seamlessly integrated with an abundance of blackcurrant and blackberry fruit to carry it. “The complete package,” said one judge.
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Home Block Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Soft, complex and mature with a seamless balance of oak and tannins. Great drinking now.
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra P Series Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
“All about the oak!” The oak driven aromas and flavours are underscored by cassis fruit and savoury meaty elements.
Comments Off on UMAMU Estate Anns Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A peppery peppermint patty of a nose with great cassis flavour concentration and persistence on the rich palate.
Comments Off on UMAMU Estate MacAnn Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Blueberry, mint and dark chocolate characters here which are the “essence of cabernets!”
Comments Off on Zonte’s Footstep 1st of the Rank McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Bright purple fruit aromas leap out of the glass and the massive palate fills the mouth with fruit cake-like flavours. “The complete package!”
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Coppermine Road McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Big and chewy wine with cherry cola, prune and herbal-like characters.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The High Trellis McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Classic Margaret River varietal characters – herbaceous, green and spicy. Lifted green bean/capsicum fragrances. Cool and dry in the mouth – very stylish.
Comments Off on Forester Estate Lifestyle Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Subdued cool climate cabernet showing pleasant bottle age complexity.
Comments Off on Passel Estate Lot 71 Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A lovely, elegant style with an attractive subtlety of varietal characters.
Comments Off on Passel Estate Lot 71 Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A nicely matured wine that’s all red berries, spices and pepper with a savoury edge.
Comments Off on Passel Estate Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Dense dark oak/fruit fragrances and a richness of ripe fruit and great oak on the palate.
Comments Off on Riddoch The Pastoralist Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Soft, easy and very approachable cabernet driven by upfront cool varietal fruit.
Comments Off on Riddoch Elgin’s Crossing Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Cool climate capsicum and cassis varietal nose and a classy palate; quite light with lovely depth of dark fruit flavours and subtle oak adding complexity.
Comments Off on Stage Door Wine Co. Headliner Eden Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A fully matured cabernet with subtle aromas and aged chocolaty oak/fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Plantagenet Aquitaine Great Southern Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A warm fruitcake of a nose and a full-bodied spicy/earthy palate with simple fruit characters.
Comments Off on Plantagenet Aquitaine Great Southern Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Complex and complete cabernet with sweet red fruits, pretty, minty characters and earthy elements.
Comments Off on Cockfighter’s Ghost Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A big bold and brooding cabernet that is like a rum and raisin chocolate bar with ripe tannins.
Comments Off on Yalumba The Cigar Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022