From the cooler Victoria comes this dark ruby/purple-coloured red. Blackberry, black cherry, plum, violets, spice, cocoa, ink, cookie dough and vanilla replay from the nose to the palate. Full-bodied with some warmth and fine length.
This is a strapping Cab at 14.5% alcohol. Dense purple-black in colour, it presents a nose of blackcurrant and cedar tinged with vanilla oak. Full-bodied and mouth-filling; the fruit is sweet but kept in check by a lively spine of acidity.
Deep ruby with purple highlights. Full-bodied yet elegant; there are masses of plum, blackberry, cassis, raspberry, eucalyptus, anise, tar and violets. Concentrated, ripe and excellent length. The alcohol is 14.5%, but there is no burn. Nice balance.
Full-bodied, this Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre blend doles out plum, blackberry, sweet black cherry, spice, vanilla, roasted herbs, anise and vanilla. Long finish, lots of ripe tannins and a good amount of acid make for an excellent food wine.
A powerful Coonawarra Cab with a bouquet of chocolate, cassis, raspberry, cherry, mint, violets and herbs. Medium body with some gritty tannins and great length. Drink until 2021.
This single-vineyard Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from the historic St Andrews property, first planted in 1892. Classic terra rossa soils atop a limestone base yield this refined Cab, the riper red and black fruit showing some softening at the corners, but holding the bright freshness. Ample leather, dried cherry and tobacco leaf lead, with cherry, thorny cassis and cedar bringing up the rear. 18 months in French oak are integrating well into the fruit, with lengthy tannins straddling ripe and grippy. Sweet spices and warm ripeness (14.5% alcohol) gives this a generosity that is well suited to roast pork if drinking now. Otherwise, continue to cellar for another few years.
Australian take on an Italian grape, could be mistaken for Sauvignon Blanc. Clear pale yellow, with a medium-strength nose of lime, nettle, gooseberry and a hint of smoke. Light-bodied with lemon and lime flavours. Crisp acidity makes it a good match with herbed fish. Drink up.