Cabernet Sauvignon
When it comes to Cabernet Sauvignon, we’re very spoiled for choice in Australia. Here in SA (where WD is based), we have some of the world’s very best Cabernet coming from the South East and Coonawarra regions and, more recently, some lovely bold and herbaceous offerings from Clare Valley and rich and tannic versions from McLaren Vale. WA is no shrinking violet either, consistently contributing world-class Cabernet and our brethren in the east of the country also produce very serious, high-quality Cabernet. There’s a whole lotta Cab going on in Oz, and that is a very good thing.
Artan Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
A super drinkable, soft yet rich Cabernet. Bundles of blackcurrant and lots of liquorice here. Perfect with Chook, pizza, footy franks and French...
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Chalk Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Chalk Hill consistently produce intense, well balanced, fruit intense wines. Flavours are intense and well balanced, offering plum, blackcurrant and a hint of 5 spice. This wine can be enjoyed now or over the next several years. Supremely drinkable now, it will also reward cellaring for up to 8...
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Chateau Yaldara Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
An abundance of rich and ripe fruit, in a blackberry and mulberry fashion give way to a gentle herbal undertone, finishing with a hit of dark and sticky fruit. Lipsmacking! It drinks well from the first pop of the cork, but would cellar happily in the dungeon for another few years at...
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Chateau Yaldara Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
A powerful Cabernet just beginning to come into its own. There’s plenty of everything here, from black fruits, oak, acid and spice which are all knitting together beautifully. Specific flavours of blackcurrant, mint, eucalyptus, clove and plenty of other goodies here. Drink now or anytime in the next 10...
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Claymore Bittersweet Symphony Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Claymore’s Bittersweet Symphony Cabernet offers a perfume of olives and blue fruits along with some violet. Blackcurrant, plums, a twist of dark chocolate and black olive are at play on the palate. Delicious now but will probably improve for 15 or more years. Decant it a couple of hours before drinking and pair it up with protein like a really good steak or gourmet snaggers if you are planning...
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Cool Woods Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
This is a cracking good Cab for the money – loaded with juicy fruits, spice, some oak and fine, soft tannins. Like any good quaffer it is ready to drink now. Unlike most quaffers, the quality and intensity of fruit is excellent. It’s easy to imagine this with a higher price...
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Curtis Family Vineyards Cavaliere Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
A superb first release Cabernet under the Curtis Cavaliere label and as good as you’d expect if you’ve had the Shiraz previously. Lots going on here, with chocolate, spice, cedary oak and lots of fine tannins. Decant for an hour or so if you want to try it now or stick it in the broom closet for up to 10 years....
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Dandelion Pride of the Fleurieu Peninsula Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Ripper Cab here, chokkers with violet, chocolate and a hint of a mean, green streak just below the surface… well worth decanting if you are going to drink now and will cellar for 10 years, no worries....
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d’Arenberg High Trellis Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
A little less rustic and tannic than many d’Areberg wines this is nonetheless packed with an intensity of fruit and tannin you don’t normally see in wines at this price-point. This wine has a very pretty nose, with blueberries and perfume giving way to some serious and savoury greenery. The palate is full bodied and fresh, showing blue fruits, cherries and sage. There's great fruit intensity...
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Erin Eyes Ballycapple Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
The most powerful Erin Eyes Cab to date. Blue fruits perfume the nose with blackcurrant, black olive, plum, a twist of dark chocolate, spice and assertively angular greenery on the palate. Delicious now but will cellar well for 10-15 years,...
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Finniss River Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
An exceptional second release of Finniss River Cabernet. The first one scored 2 gold medals, this vintage has 3 golds already and we are confident its brag sheet will exceed the older brothers by the time it is done. Deep dark and brooding, this Cab offers up blackcurrants, dark chocolate and superfine tannins. Delicious now but should last a decade if you store it somewhere nice and cool....
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Heirloom Vineyards Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
This is top end Coonawarra Cab done right. A grade vines are hand tended, the fruit bunch sorted, open fermented, basket pressed and put into superb French oak for a couple of years. Red fruits, mulberries, bramble, olives, dried herbs are all in the mix. The palate is extremely powerful, mouthfillingly textured, intense and long. An exceptional, single vineyard Coonawarra...
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Hesketh 'Williams' Coonawarra Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
A medium bodied and well structured beast which ticks off all of the classic Coonawarra qualities. Plenty of fine tannins, a little leafiness, cassis, cedar, tobacco, and plenty of blue fruits. Lovely already and capable of improving for up to a decade....
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Lake Breeze Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
A nose that screams cabernet here, with blackberries and mint dusted in cocoa powder and poached in a little vanilla and spice. Powerful, generous and eminently gluggable right now, this will also improve for a decade in the bottle....
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Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Ripe and seductive Cabernet this, bursting with blackcurrant liqueur, mulberries, cedary oak and fine tannins. The fruit has a beautifully glossy aspect to it and the tannins are perfectly ripe, almost waxy. Stunning now and will improve for 20 years if you can keep your hands off...
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Monterra Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Genius Cabernet this. We opened a bottle at a recent masterclass and it was the clear winner among close to 30 high end wines opened on the day. It’s plush and intense, glorious now and yet with more than a decade ahead of it. Black fruits, blue fruits, pepper, cedar and fine French oak tannins....
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Oliver’s Taranga DJ Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Decant, decant, decant and merely very good becomes absolutely stunning. Is Don is Good, in fact is very, very good. Strong chocolate, rich blackberry and earth are bound with a firm strength of tannin and generous body. Magnificent!...
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Penley Estate 'Steyning' Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Big and boofy cab from vines yielding around just 2 tonnes per acre, treated to old French oak for a couple of years. There’s development here, with leathery notes joining cedar, blueberries and plum. There’s a perfume of menthol and a waft of eucalyptus too. Warming, rich and...
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Penley Estate 'Tolmer' Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Power with elegance here. Fruit morphs from mulberries to blackberries, trailing leafiness and spice. The wine finishes with chalky tannin and cedar … meat, meat, meat to go with this one any time over the next decade or...
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Pertaringa 'Rifle and Hunt' Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Dark confections, ripe black berries and taut, glossy tannins and spice spell out this Cabernet from Geoff Hardy’s Pertaringa range. It’s typically McLaren Vale with a breath of Adelaide Hills freshness to it. If you’re on the hunt for another Cab Sauv for your collection, this may be...
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Richard Hamilton Hut Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
There’s something very special about old vine McLaren Vale Cabernet. Little surprise it picked up a gold and was the second highest pointed Cab at the 2017 McLaren Vale wine show. This edition is soft and fluffy on opening, but with air starts to show vanilla, blackberries, chocolate, fine grained tannin and a good backbone of acidity. A bit of a sleeper too, we suspect. Whilst it is cuddly, we...
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