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Coonawarra Cab Extravaganza
Probably the best Cab pack we've ever made and definitely the best Coonawarra pack.
1 bottle of Penley's flagship Helios Cabernet here - rich, complex and powerful... a flaghip Cab pointed 97 by Halliday (same score he gave the previous 2 winners of his annual Cabernet Challenge).
4 bottles of Leconfield's Reserve Cabernets - this scored 96 from Halliday, and as far as we can make out, every wine writer who has reviewed it so far. Pristine fruit, black tea, awesome length.
4 bottles of Penley Estate's Chertsey Cab, Merlot, Cab Franc Blend. 95 from Halliday who said 'This shows the spectrum of fruit that's possible in these blends. Beginning with Gala apple skin, cranberry, fig hearts and moving into kirsch and plum. Some star anise and five-spice with beautifully mellow tannins. Acidity echoes right till the end and the wine feels very comfortable in its own skin, not stitched together but grown and raised together'.
... and 4 bottles of Wine By Thoms Cab - from a tiny, close planted single vineyard - medium bodied with lovely flavour and fine tannins to finish.
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97 points from James Halliday (incidentally this is the same score the last 2 winners of the Halliday Annual Cabernet Challenge received).
This is luxe, bounteous and exceptionally powerful. Double decant a few hours before drinking, or drink it over several days and watch it evolve.
Black tea, cedar, anise, mulberry, violet, black liquorice and masses of silky mouthcoating tannins and a real finesse to the palate shape. Symphonic fruit which builds to a mighty crescendo.
A first release Reserve Cabernets from Leconfield. This blend sees Leconfield's finest Cab Sauv co-fermented with Merlot and Cab Franc, resulting in the perfectly harmonious integration of flavours. Deep in colour; the nose is fresh, and bright, offering dark fruit aromas, cedar, cigar box and dark chocolate. It balances richness with elegance beautifully and finishes with perfectly modulated fine tannins. Exceptional already, and has a long future ahead of it.
Savoury, complex and elegant, yet sweetly and intensely fruited - so beautifully balanced that it is drinking wonderfully already. Red apple, cranberry, black tea, plums and liquorice. Finished with whisper fine tannins. Some Cab family blends can look a bit 'Bride of Frankenstein' at least for their first few years in bottle. This is flawless.
Minuscule production from a tiny close-planted block. A little tight at first, but that’s the sign of a Cabernet with decades ahead of it. Decant, or open and give it 30 minutes in the glass, and you’ll find layered black and blue fruits, spice, liquorice, dried herbs and espresso notes. Structured and savoury, with fine gravelly tannins and cedary oak. Impressive now, excellent tomorrow, and likely superb for 10–20 years.
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