Inner City Winemakers Hilltops Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Tasting: New Release - November/December 2016
Region: Hilltops
Year: 2015
Price: $40.00
Review/Comments
A fabulously powerful rich, ripe cabernet. It has a huge nose of prunes and jam and great depth of varietal flavours on the long lingering palate. Enjoy now or in 10 years time. 5+
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