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2009 Voyager Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot

Margaret River, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
$69. 99
Bottle
$839.88 Dozen
Cellar: 8 - 10 Years (2022-2024)
ABV: 14%
Closure: Stelvin

The outstanding Cabernet blend is composed of 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot with maturation taking place in a combination of 50% new & 50% two year old French oak barrels for 18 months. Fruit is sourced predominately from the 35-year-old Estate block with the addition of some grapes from Block 12, and a smidge of Willyabrup Merlot.

A Beautiful Margaret River Cabernet graced with Richness, Class & Finesse.

Totally opaque black dark crimson colour with a deep dark crimson red black tinged hue. The nose displays excellent aromatics with lifted scents of blackcurrant and black olive followed by some mulberry, cigar box, very faint bay leaf and spice. Medium to full bodied with superb richness, concentration and a refined mouth feel the palate features flavours of ripe blackcurrant and dark mulberries over a background of cedar, tobacco, light earth, bay leaf and spice. Super fine grained tannins provide an excellent structural base ensuring further improvement in the bottle for many years to come. Long persistent aftertaste of blackcurrant, mulberries, cedary tobacco, light bay leaf and spice.
Cellar 8-10 years.
Alc 14%

Other Reviews….
This is a highly credentialled wine that ticks every imaginable box; fruit, tannins and oak are seamlessly balanced and integrated on the bouquet and palate alike, the texture at once silky yet precise; best of all is the fusion of blackcurrant/redcurrant fruit with the gently savoury, fine-grained, tannins. Drink by 2039.
97 points
James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion