Posted: July 21, 2022
Confectionery cabernet – quite fresh for its age with good complexity. Drink now.
Comments Off on Yalumba The Menzies Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A classy wine; a lovely rich compote of blackberry, cassis and oak with plenty of acid ensuring a long life.
Comments Off on Hay Shed Hill Kerrigan + Berry Mount Barker Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Mulberry, blackcurrant, leafy and inky characters lift off the nose and follows through to the grippy tannic palate.
Comments Off on Hay Shed Hill Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Aromas are reminiscent of beef jus and showing a balsamic-like intensity. Lovely fruit cake-like characters to the palate with a meaty/savoury nuance.
Comments Off on Hay Shed Hill Block 2 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A huge powerful wine – all earthy and chocolaty. Very old school.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Wines Parham McLaren Vale Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A rich ripe fruit cake-like driven nose and a warm and lively palate that is all class and elegance with good retention of freshness. Old school style.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Wines Reserve McLaren Vale Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A solid plum nose and a warm firm palate showing an excellent elegant structure and some great varietal fruit with a good tannic grip.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Wines Reserve McLaren Vale Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A soft, mature and old-fashioned style but still has plenty of life in it. Minty briary fruit fragrances and silky-smooth licorice/cassis palate.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Wines G & W McLaren Vale Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Floral fragrances with a chocolate note and a bright lean black and blue fruit palate.
Comments Off on Fowles Wine Stone Dwellers Single Vineyard Strathbogie Ranges Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Cool, minty and leafy aromas with “shaded” fruit characters on the well-balanced palate.
Comments Off on Pig In The House Organic Cowra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A complexity of aromas reminiscent of a Cherry Ripe chocolate bar. The palate is tight and warm and complete. All it needs is some more time.
Comments Off on Whip-Hand Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Bright purple wine; very young with lots of blackcurrant fruit, smoky oak and a tannic grip.
Comments Off on Catbird Seat Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A eucalypt-like freshness to the cassis nose and a classy palate with excellent blackcurrant-like varietal character and nice spicy oak in a supporting role.
Comments Off on Paulett Wines Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A huge wine – very young with an abundance of Ribena-like fruit characters and a herbal thread.
Comments Off on Paulett Wines 109 Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Leafy and savoury on the nose with leathery aged characters developing that is echoed on the balanced palate.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Protector McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Lean and angular with crunchy red fruit characters. Very young give it time.
Comments Off on The Composer By Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A complex and interesting fruit driven style with attractive inky intensity and showing great varietal expression and persistence with good tannic grip.
Comments Off on The Composer By Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Super cool climate herbal style of cabernet showing a freshness of cassis and capsicum characters.
Comments Off on GPL68 By Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A big rich and well-balanced wine that offers a lovely complexity of mixed berry fruit characters laced with chocolaty oak elements.
Comments Off on Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A fine rich dry red style with big bold chocolate/vanilla characters sitting on the fruit.
Comments Off on Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
The nose is all spices, herbs and dark chocolate. Soft and simple in the mouth with tangy tart characters.
Comments Off on Erin Eyes Ballycapple Clare Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A big, classy cabernet that is all dark and brooding and showing great texture, excellent varietal fruit weight and loads of tannins. Still just a baby. 5+
Comments Off on Bird’s Eye View McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A classic dry red style with soft savoury elements and grippy tannins.
Comments Off on Tail Spin Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A big, firm and complex wine that’s dark and spicy and maintaining its varietal integrity throughout with grippy tannins and lots of oak.
Comments Off on Chain Of Ponds Amadeus Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A solid, well made, wine that’s dark and inky with well-framed cassis fruit fragrances and great persistence of blackberry and blueberry fruit flavours on an elegant palate.
Comments Off on Nightfall Draco Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Complex nose of sweet vanilla oak and licorice with a peppermint note. Good spicy length to the elegant licorice/black fruit driven palate.
Comments Off on Brand & Sons Sanctuary Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Dense purple, intensely grippy, wine that offers a rich complexity of blackberry, cassis and toasty oak on both the nose and palate with a mineral-like thread.
Comments Off on Brand & Sons Sanctuary Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A great example of the variety with a lovely blackcurrant fruit backbone, some olives and some earthiness with great oak to balance and mocha notes.
Comments Off on Brand & Sons Bakers Run Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A rich, complex and well-balanced cabernet. Lovely, sweet fruit and good oak/tannin integration.
Comments Off on Briar Ridge Big Bully Limited Release Wrattonbully Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Dense and brooding earthy/cassis bouquet with a spicy oak lift. Intense cassis flavours are supported by some classy oak and big chalky tannins.
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Reserve McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Intense purple wine with subtle inky fruit fragrances and a huge intensity and persistence of brooding fruit flavours. Still fresh and lively.
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Reserve McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Ripe Ribena-like nose and palate with an assertive tannin profile carrying nice flavours.
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Red Label McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Sweet plum bouquet with a dash of vanilla and a serious, grippy and youthful palate with an oaky finish.
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Adelaide Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Quite a tannic style with spicy fruit characters on both nose and palate.
Comments Off on Step by Step South Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A plush varietal fruit wine that is, “A pleasure to drink!” An intense bouquet and soft cassis/plum palate developing nicely.
Comments Off on Bettenay Wines Barrel Select Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Stalky black fruit fragrances with meaty nuances and more smallgoods savouriness echoed on the chewy palate.
Comments Off on Bettenay Wines Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Earthy leathery bouquet with a floral/violet-like lift and well-integrated characters on the palate of cherries and plums and cedar oak with minty medicinal notes.
Comments Off on Plantagenet Wyjup Collection Mount Barker Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Estate-grown in the Bridge Pa Triangle, this full-coloured, generous red is mouthfilling, with deep, ripe plum and spice flavours to the fore, hints of blackcurrants and herbs, and a smooth finish. Drink now onwards. $28
Comments Off on Church Road McDonald Series Hawke’s Bay Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
This powerful, very ageworthy red was grown at Ohiti and matured for a year in French oak barriques. Deeply coloured, with a fragrant, spicy, slightly herbal bouquet, it is sturdy, with concentrated blackcurrant, plum, herb and spice flavours and a…
Comments Off on Linden Destination Series Hawke’s Bay Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
This powerful, youthful red was estate-grown in the Bridge Pa Triangle and matured in French oak barriques (55% new). Dark, sturdy and savoury, it is a bold style of cabernet sauvignon, with dense blackcurrant, plum, spice, liquorice and nut flavours,…
Comments Off on Church Road 1 Single Vineyard Redstone Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
“A serious young wine that need time to shine!” All blackcurrants and cedar oak. 5+
Comments Off on Thomson Estate Toolunka South Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A cool stalky wine but has a “big feel!” Prunes and herbs on the nose and nicely integrated and well-balanced palate.
Comments Off on Taylors Wines Jaraman Coonawarra Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A big impressive and brightly fresh cabernet rich with varietal fruit, chocolaty oak and minty notes with herbal elements and a perfumed lift. 3-5
Comments Off on Taylors Wines Estate Limestone Coast Clare Valle Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A big full-bodied wine that tends to be more savoury than fruity and shows well-handled spicy oak. 3-5
Comments Off on Lapstone Estate Ringstone SEA Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Earthy fruit fragrances with some smokiness from the oak leading to a light tannic palate full of classy, sweet/minty fruit flavours that finish quite savoury.
Comments Off on Rymill Coonawarra Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A classy young thing with aromas reminiscent of blackcurrants, tomato leaves and tobacco. The palate has a solid structure with great varietal fruit and masses of oak. 5+
Comments Off on Schoolhouse Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A velvety smooth cabernet with a generosity of black fruits, aniseed, mint and spices and funky mushroom/forest floor characters adding complexity. 5+
Comments Off on Gralyn Estate Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A slightly stalky green fruit driven cabernet offering good cellaring potential. 5+
Comments Off on The Composer by Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A big hit of chocolaty, cherry and licorice-like aromas with similar characters echoed on the well balanced, well integrated palate.
Comments Off on Fox Creek McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A big, soft and oaky wine with lovely presence of dark cherry fruit and stewed blackcurrants, licorice elements seamlessly integrated with the cigar box oak.
Comments Off on Singlefile Single Vineyard Frankland River Great Southern Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022