Cabernet Sauvignon

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...

Frankland River, Western Australia. Deep crimson with purple hues. Brooding notes of cassis and red berries with a dusty earthy core and a lift of varietal leafy notes, interwoven with savoury cedar and cigar box characters. Rich red fruits give a vibrant mid palate sweetness with earthy, forest floor complexity and finishes with dusty fine grained tannins...

Margaret River, W.A. The palate is seamless, displaying superb fruit intensity with fine tannins supporting a long elegant structure...

Margaret River W.A.  The palate is beautifully balanced and finely structured showing luscious red berry fruit and smooth fine tannin...

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

Bendigo, Victoria. Balgownie Estate Cabernet displays the elusive combination of varietal definition and rich fruit flavours. The defining characteristics of this wine are elegance, balance and intensity. Balgownie Estate Cabernet Sauvignon has a reputation of being long-lived but will also provide immense drinking pleasure on release...

WINERY RATING
James Halliday,	Australian Wine Companion 2009

Coonawarra, South Australia. Medium - dark red colour, purple hue. Composed of Cabernet Sauvignon from Avery and Vortmann vineyards (72%) with an unusually high Merlot component (28%) for this vintage from Rise and Avery Blocks. The nose in complex, with a cooler vintage look fresh cassis with chocolate mint aromas and cedary French oak. The palate is medium bodied, dark elderberry fruit and textured tannin structure, more elegant than previous vintages...

Coonawarra, South Australia. Deep rich red in colour, the nose in intense with aromas of ripe cassis. Liquorice, and some spicy leather notes, combined with fine smokey French oak. The palate is solid and structured with a fine tannin finish. This wine will reward careful cellaring, and we recommend decanting before drinking.

Coonawarra, South Australia. Mid red purple hue. Delicate aromas of liquorice dark fruits mint and subtle milk chocolate aromas. A very delicate example of The Blend reflecting the relatively shorter ...