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Mount Barker, Western Australia. Deep and vibrant red colour with a distinctly cabernet nose, showing cassis fruit, tobacco leaf and cigar box characters, backed by cedary French oak and subtle savoury notes. A very structured and elegant wine which shows true cabernet characteristics. The cassis fruits come through on the front palate and the generosity continues the length of the wine. The mid palate shows chocolate and cigar..
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Margaret River Western Australia. The Vintage: Excellent growing conditions throughout the 2009 vintage resulted in a wine of great texture and flavour.The Winemaking: Fermented on skins for 9–21 days. The wine was matured in oak for 7 months.The Wine: Complex nose of dark fruits, earth and some creamy oak. The palate is medium weight and complex with a tight persistent backbone...
Hunter Valley, NSW. After 12 months in French and American oak barrels the wine is deep cherry in colour, with berry and coffee characters on the nose. The palate is full with a fine tannin structure, typical of this area. This wine will reward careful medium term cellaring and is best enjoyed with rich red meats...
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Barossa Valley, South Australia. Deep ruby and crimson hues. This wine exhibits rich of brambleberry, new leather, cigar box and cedar. The nose is further accentuated with lifted plums dusted with cinnamon, and underlying mint chocolate. The palate is lusciously abundant with dark berries layered with vanilla biscuit and chocolate and finishes with dark chilli-chocolate laced with star anise which provides exceptional length. A medium bodied palate that shows links to the 'Old World' in profile. Fruit richness, with soft but firm approachable tannins...
Barossa Valley, South Australia. Deep crimson with purple hues. The wine exudes the evocative aromas of roasting coffee beans, freshly picked mint, luscious blackcurrant and dried tobacco leaves. Unmistakably Cabernet, this wine displays the classic flavours of blackberry and blackcurrant fruit, intense dark Swiss chocolate, peppery mint and menthol on the palate. Chewy tannins create a brilliantly structured palate; robust in the mid-palate to complement the array of intense flavours, yet soft enough to deliver a finish of great length and finesse...
Barossa Valley, South Australia. Cherry red in colour. The nose shows an attractive spice characteristic typical of Grenache, with hints of fennel, licorice and garrigue. Lifted red fruits of cheery and savoury bacon notes. There is an abundance of ripe warm Barossa mid palate depth with balanced and fine oak playing a secondary role...
Bendigo & Yarra Valley, Victoria. This is a fresh lively wine, with a healthy gloss complementing its deep cherry red colour. It is elegant and medium bodied, with lifted raspberry cassis and a pleasant leafy varietal character to the mid palate. This is all framed by a long but fine tannin finish... WINERY RATING James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2009