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  2022 Joshua Cooper Redbank Vineyard 1970's Vines Cabernet Sauvignon

  Pyrenees, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

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  Described by wine commentator Mike Bennie as "one of Australia’s brightest young winemakers”, Joshua Cooper is steadily forging a reputation for thoughtful, elegant, and confident wines from grapes grown in Macedon and surrounds. The Redbank Vineyard, overseen by its founder Neill Robb, has been cultivated without irrigation since its establishment. The vine roots have extended deep into the hillside soil, primarily consisting of shale and mudstone. This soil also features an iron-rich top layer of reddish-brown loam, which is crucial for retaining water. After three weeks of fermentation, the wine was pressed to a combination of new Stockinger 300L barrels (30%), Spanish stoneware jars and seasoned thin-staved Bordeaux barrels for 12 months of maturation. The wine is then racked to stainless steel tanks for four more months of settling, before bottling without any additives except a small amount of sulfur. While already quite enjoyable, this wine will become even more complex and rewarding with some moderate aging. Decanting well is recommended when drinking in its youth.

  The 2024 Halliday Wine Companion Best New Winery of the Year

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  What a coup that cabernet enthusiast and cheerleader Josh Cooper gets fruit from this vaunted and celebrated Pyrenees vineyard! Proprietor Neill Robb still farms the 1970s planted vines.
  Dark chocolate, dark plum, dark cherry, dark plum, you get the gist… It’s a vortex of potent and powerful cabernet flecked with mint, eucalyptus, cedar, clove, rich and smooth, though ribbons of fine, firm tannin, slightly bitter, do a wonderful job of tensing the wine up and guiding the lengthy persistence of these flavours. Fantastic wine, I hound the glass seeking the characters and textures on hand – an orchestral wine of high drinkability and prized age worthiness. Mega attractive. Drink 2023 - 2040+.
  95 Points
  Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

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  2022 Joshua Cooper Balgownie Vineyard 1970 Block Cabernet Sauvignon

  Bendigo, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

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  Described by wine commentator Mike Bennie as "one of Australia’s brightest young winemakers”, Joshua Cooper is steadily forging a reputation for thoughtful, elegant, and confident wines from grapes grown in Macedon and surrounds. Established in 1969, at an elevation of 200 meters near the banks of Myers Creek in Maiden Gully, the vineyard thrives on Ordovician shale, quartz, and ironstone rubble soils. This Cabernet Sauvignon originates from vines planted in 1970, making it one of the first plantings at the historic Balgownie Vineyard. After three weeks of fermentation, the wine was pressed to a combination of new Stockinger 300L barrels (30%) and seasoned thin-staved Bordeaux barrels for 12 months of maturation. The wine is then racked to stainless steel tanks for four more months of settling, before bottling without any additives except a small amount of sulfur. While already quite enjoyable, this wine will become even more complex and rewarding with some moderate aging. Decanting well is recommended when drinking in its youth.

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  Very cool that Balgownie, already excellent, gets a go from Josh Cooper here. And go he does.
  A significant cabernet for Australian wine, again. Elegant, refined, silky as with an authority of silty tannin that stretches long into the distance. Blue fruits here, violets and lavender, green olive, tobacco, faint eucalyptus, rosemary and sweet spices. It sits at medium weight, poised, everything seamless and in its place and delivers a rush from the perfume, evocative, serious all over. The wine is delicious and refreshing while being backed with fruit, tannin, cool acid profile, mineral charm, herbal elements, savoury qualities. Fine, fine wine. Watch it go. Drink 2023 - 2045+
  96+ Points
  Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

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  2022 Joshua Cooper Shays Flat Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  Pyrenees, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

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  ABV: 13%

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  Described by wine commentator Mike Bennie as "one of Australia’s brightest young winemakers”, Joshua Cooper is steadily forging a reputation for thoughtful, elegant, and confident wines from grapes grown in Macedon and surrounds. Shay's Flat Vineyard, in the heart of the Pyrenees, sits on a beautiful elevated ridge, surrounded by wheat fields and native bushland. The vineyard has mature vines (over 20 years old) that grow in soil rich in minerals like shale, quartz, and mudstone, producing powerful, yet detailed fruit. After three weeks of fermentation, the wine was pressed to a combination of new Stockinger 300L barrels (30%) and seasoned thin-staved Bordeaux barrels for 12 months of maturation. The wine is then racked to stainless steel tanks for four more months of settling, before bottling without any additives except a small amount of sulfur. While already quite enjoyable, this wine will become even more complex and rewarding with some moderate aging. Decanting well is recommended when drinking in its youth.

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  “I have a distinct soft spot for the Cabernet wines produced in the 70s and 80s by the pioneering wineries of Central and Western Victoria, many of which seem ageless even now”, says Josh Cooper, and don’t we know it! The top flight cabernet producers of Australia now have Josh tailgating, and then some. Pyrenees site, organic farmed.
  This is athletic and poised, a wine of tannin-driven tension and freshness, corkscrews of fine, puckering chew in a weave. It’s exceptional in its length and persistence but shows impressive depth of fruit character too – blackberries, black olive, beautifully struck eucalyptus, black pepper, cola and charred spice. It’s aromatic and flavoursome, but the wine seems way more about its architecture and precision, with a strong sense of longevity for the wine in tow. It’s a treat to drink now, regardless. Drink 2023 - 2040+
  95 Points
  Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

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  2022 Joshua Cooper Flynn & Cooper Williams Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  Macedon Ranges, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

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  The Williams Vineyard, established in the 1970s near Kyneton, is historically significant in the Macedon Ranges region. Laurie Williams originally planted it, and later, it was managed by Alec Epis. Over the years, the vineyard has produced high-quality, age-worthy wines under various labels, including Flynn and Williams and Epis and Williams. This wine is a collaboration between Joshua Cooper and Tim Flynn, whose father was the winemaker for the original Flynn and Williams wines. This vintage is likely to be the final one from this important site. After three weeks of fermentation, the wine was pressed to a combination of one-year-old Stockinger 300L barrels and seasoned thin-staved Bordeaux barrels for 12 months of maturation. The wine is then racked to stainless steel tanks for four more months of settling, before bottling without any additives except a small amount of sulphur. While already quite enjoyable, this wine will become even more complex and rewarding with some moderate aging. Decanting well is recommended when drinking in its youth.

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  Well, this is something else. And something that a few of the older gen have been raising an eyebrow over, knowing the vineyard, the older wines, the legacy. Meanwhile Josh Cooper forges ahead with his cabernet/Claret agenda with an eye on medium weight reds of that vin de garde style. While Josh drinks an obnoxious amount of cabernet, and foists it onto all and sundry, he’s making a pretty good point about fine wines of this ilk and turning a freight train around on ideas around avant garde winemaking and what it encompasses – I love this.
  It’s magnificent. It delivers on the promise. It feels like whimsy met deliciousness in a dark alley and made a pact. Sleek, silky, so fine and lacy, dark fruited, midnight but with that shimmer of moonlight. Poetry in a glass, the ultimate wine wankers dog whistle and yet here we have a wine of immense and broad appeal for those seeking vitality, fine tannin, freshness, drinkability. Dark cherries, violet floral lift, rhubarb, sweet earthiness, alpine herbs, faint mahogany and new leather, anise in scents and flavours. So very compact but feathery, succulent to the max and a swish of the finest, dried herb-laced, silty tannin. It’s impossibly good, impossibly delicious. And, I bet, will last a generation. Sheesh. Drink 2023 - 2040+
  96+ Points
  Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

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  2022 Joshua Cooper Dash Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  Bendigo, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

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  Described by wine commentator Mike Bennie as "one of Australia’s brightest young winemakers”, Joshua Cooper is steadily forging a reputation for thoughtful, elegant, and confident wines from grapes grown in Macedon and surrounds. Established in 1999, Dash Farms is nestled at an elevation of 450 meters, positioned on the southern slopes of Mt Alexander (Leanganook), just outside of the Macedon Ranges. The mountainside nature of Dash Farm provides incredible freshness to the wine. After three weeks of fermentation, the wine was pressed to a combination of new Stockinger 300L barrels (30%) and seasoned thin-staved Bordeaux barrels for 12 months of maturation. The wine is then racked to stainless steel tanks for four more months of settling, before bottling without any additives except a small amount of sulphur. This medium-weight cuvée is notably intense and embodies the classic "Claret" style. It's filled with dark berry fruit and is complemented by finely textured gravelly tannins. While already quite enjoyable, this wine will become even more complex and rewarding with some moderate aging. Decanting well is recommended when drinking in its youth.

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  Just outside the Macedon Ranges wine region border, a cool site nonetheless and an attractive proposition to bolster Josh Cooper’s cabernet suite.
  It’s a wine not quite in its groove but the DNA of fine wine is in here. Concentrated mulberry, black olive, black plum, hazelnut, piquant dill and white pepper meshed together in the bouquet and palate. There’s good depth of flavour and requisite, finer grain tannin profile, a sluice of blood orange acidity keeping things perky, but the feel isn’t quite as seamless as the higher grade cabernet releases of Josh Cooper. That being said, you can see that the folding in of everything will be nigh, and the wine will mellow into its savoury and dark fruited elements well. Drink 2026 - 2035+
  93+ Points
  Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

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  2022 Joshua Cooper Old Vine Cuvee I

  Central Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  $185. 00

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  A new super cuvee from Josh Cooper, a star winemaker who has firmly planted his reputation in a relatively short while, but with aplomb. And a focus on cabernet, which for a young fella seems antithetical, but high quality Claret is his guiding light.
  This is a blend of four vineyards 45% Greytown, 37.5% Balgownie, 15% Redbank and 2.5% Williams Vineyard. The detail from Josh explains that Greytown is a 1950s co-planted site of shiraz and cabernet from the northeastern side of Heathcote, Balgownie is the prized 1970s block from there which features in another Josh Cooper wine with stunning results. Redbank is the 1970s planted cabernet as nurtured by legendary Stuart Anderson (ex-Balgownie) and Neill Robb, while the dash of Williams Vineyard makes for an interesting inclusion off a site also planted in the 1970s, that ended up in notable wines under the Flynn and Williams brand. The wine spends time in one year old oak of two sizes and styles.
  It’s a very elegant, old school-good school feeling wine. I think the first comment, and first reaction, was that toasty, spicy oak is a strong influence in the wine, but not untoward per se, just a bigger player than expected in comparison to other Josh Cooper cabernet releases. It feels a little gritty in a way, good, and the extension of flavour is superb, dark cherry, cassis, violet floral notes with liquorice, dried herbs and faint eucalyptus are in the mix. Fruit tannins are lithe, drawing the wine into a composed, medium weight, flow and pucker. It’s a wine that feels like it perhaps would be best in a year or two, or released as such, to find that immersion of woody spice in a better place, but you can readily appreciate a wine of elegance, grand scent and flavour, and of course promise. It’s pretty darn great. Drink 2025 - 2040+
  94+ Points
  Mike Bennie - The Wine Front

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• 2022 Joshua Cooper Cabernet Sauvignon

  Victoria, AUSTRALIA

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  Described by wine commentator Mike Bennie as "one of Australia’s brightest young winemakers”, Joshua Cooper is steadily forging a reputation for thoughtful, elegant, and confident wines from grapes grown in Macedon and surrounds.

  The self-described ultimate “Luncheon Claret”. The wine is built around a backbone of Shays Flat and Dash Farms, combined with smaller components of Balgownie Old Vines and Redbank. Medium weight, fresh and vibrant, yet also offering fantastic complexity and serious tannin. The wine will age into the medium term as well as drinking well now. Expect cassis, gravel, cedar, wild herb and violet. A Cabernet with great clarity of flavour and aromatics, and a seriousness of structure. The wine is best enjoyed decanted to reveal its true potential.

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  2021 Joshua Cooper Shays Flat Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  Pyrenees, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

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  Described by wine commentator Mike Bennie as "one of Australia’s brightest young winemakers”, Joshua Cooper is steadily forging a reputation for thoughtful, elegant, and confident wines from grapes grown in Macedon and surrounds.

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  Shay’s Flat is organic farmed. Cabernet quickly becoming the metier of Josh Cooper, despite the prowess with chardonnay and pinot noir. And my, does he consume a lot of (young and old) Claret in his spare time. Alongside his stamp collection and his tartan elbow patch blazers.
  This has energy and sleekness. A firm and tightly wound cabernet of cassis and currants, liquorice, brined black olive and autumnal leaf characters. Flavours and aromas are similar here. Ultra fine, al dente tannins are slippery then build into a lingering, generous pucker. While fruit feels ripe and rich it’s settled into strong, minerally sluices and the wine finishes mouth-watering and grippy at once. This is very good. Drink 2022 - 2035+
  95 Points
  Mike Bennie - The Wine Front (September 2022)

  This has aromas of mulberries, wild blackberries, raspberries, licorice and sweet basil. Wonderfully fresh and crunchy, with fine-grained tannins and swathes of bright red berry fruit. Drink or hold.
  93 Points
  JamesSuckling.com

  Joshua Cooper is a producer whose wines I buy in my spare time and drink when I'm not working. The wines are detailed and interesting, and that's something I really value, along with distinction, specificity, place and identity. So, the 2021 Shay's Flat Cabernet Sauvignon leads with a leafy, cassis-riddled nose, which is brambly and spiced, with lotus leaf/humidor (to quote a friend), star anise, mountain herbs, coal dust, salted licorice, ash/embers and blackberries. In the mouth, the tannins are svelte and streamlined—they shape the fruit but it's an invisible caress—and their finesse is like finely milled powder. While tasting, the rockiness of the place evokes earth and minerals in the mind. The cool part about this wine is its austerity of line and structure: it packs flavor and complexity and freshness into a fine-boned package. It's awesome. Thrilling, actually. Drink 2022 - 2037.
  95+ Points
  Erin Larkin - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  

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  2021 Journeys End Coonawarra Station Cabernet Sauvignon

  Coonawarra, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

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  Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2023-2031)

  ABV: 14.5%

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  Coonawarra’s famous strip of Terra Rossa soil has long been considered to be ideal for the production of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes and the Journeys End Coonawarra Station has consistently proven to be one of the best values the region has to offer. The 2021 vintage was exceptional with a long mild vintage allowing for steady increases in maturity levels of the fruit which meant winemakers could pick at optimum levels of ripeness and flavour. The resultant wines feature great depth of colour, fruit concentration and tannin structures.

  A perfectly proportioned Coonawarra Cabernet that combines the variety's trademark structure with a wealth of rich, generous fruit.

  Dense pitch black heart with a deep black dark red hue. The nose is drawn in by captivating and powerful scents of ripe blackcurrant, mulberry and cedary tobacco characters which are followed by hints of black olive, dusty earth and bay leaf. Rich, concentrated black currant, ripe mulberry and liquorice flavours reign supreme over a back drop of dusty vanillin cedar, tobacco, subtle black olive characters and infusions of bay leaf. A classic Cabernet Sauvignon structure of sturdy yet nicely integrated tannins frames the deep well of glorious ripe fruit. Long, robust yet generously endowed conclusion.
  Drink over the next 6-8 years.
  Alc. 14.5%

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  2015 Journeys End Coonawarra Station Museum Release Cabernet Sauvignon

  Coonawarra, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

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  Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2021-2024)

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  The fruit for this Cabernet was sourced from the Wetherall property - one of Coonawarra's best kept secrets. The family have been growing grapes for the big boys for decades from Terra Rossa blocks in the heart of Coonawarra, and the big boys have been happily making exceptional Coonawarra Reds without even a whisper as to where the grapes have come from!

  With over 5 years bottle age under its belt, this is prime Coonawarra drinking.

  Deep midnight black colour with a very dark red black tinged hue. Elevated scents of blackcurrant, mulberry and cedary tobacco characters are trailed by hints of black olive, dried herbs and spice. Medium to full in body, a wave of rich blackcurrant and mulberry fruits flood the mouth underscored by dusty vanillin cedar, tobacco leaf, black olive, dried herb and spice nuances. Still retaining good freshness, well integrated fine grained tannins provide excellent structure. Fleshy mouthfeel with a long dark fruited aftertaste that’s complexed by accents of dried herbs and tobacco. A classic Coonawarra Cabernet in all respects.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years.
  Alc. 14.5%

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  2020 Juniper Three Fields Cabernet Sauvignon

  Margaret River, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

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  Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2022-2028)

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  Dense midnight black in colour with a deep dark red black tinged hue. The nose offers up delightful red to black currant and mulberry scents which are trailed by spicy cedar, tobacco and bay leaf notes. The mid weighted palate is layered with rich red to black currant and ripe mulberry fruits which overlay a back drop of cedary tobacco characters, subtle black olive and infusions of bay leaf. Excellent concentration and depth with a fleshed out mouthfeel backed by a sturdy tannin structure. Concludes long and generous yet refined.
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc. 14%

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  The fruit from this excellent vintage comes off a mix of the original 1973 plantings at Juniper and another vineyard about six kilometres away. It’s a vibrant, high energy wine with a strong varietal influence. Quite a deal of tannin evident which is probably a result of the small vintage and intensity from the berries. Love the chalky palate feel and driving intensity which is a feature of 2020. Balanced with exceptional fruit definition. A class act and great value. Drink 2021-2033.
  94 Points
  Ray Jordan – WinePilot.com

  Sorted, 4-day cold soak, 12-14 days' skin contact; matured in barriques (30% new French) for 14 months. Bright crimson. Man alive, this packs a punch, with alternating layers of cassis and tannins that go on and on. Each part is so clearly articulated, the requisite balance will allow this to cruise through the 10+ years it needs. Drink by 2050.
  93 Points
  James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion

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  2016 Juniper Cornerstone Wilyabrup Cabernet Sauvignon

  Margaret River, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

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  Aged in French oak for up to 20 months. Totally opaque black dark red colour with a deep dark red hue. Pronounced aromatics of blackcurrant and mulberry infused with bay leaf greet the nostrils with cedary tobacco, dried herb and spicy black olive notes in tow. Medium bodied, rich red to blackcurrant and mulberry fruits meld into distinct cedary tobacco characters, dusty earth, subtle black olive and spice characters. Refined yet sturdy mouthfeel with graphite like tannins and long elegant aftertaste.
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  Alc. 14%
  
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  Hand-picked and sorted; aged in French oak for up to 20 months, the best barrels selected for the final blend. Long and precisely balanced; its varietal expression is one of extreme purity. Drink to 2040.
  97 points
  James Halliday's Top 100 2023

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  2021 Kaesler Cabernet Sauvignon

  Barossa Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $42. 99

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  Fruit was sourced from two estate blocks planted in 1970 and 1990 with maturation taking place in a combination of new and seasoned French oak for a period of 16 months. Midnight black core with a dark red black tinged hue. Ripe blackcurrant and liquorice aromas fill the nose followed by vanillin cedar, light tobacco and bay leaf notes. Rich, dense and concentrated the palate is awash with opulent blackcurrant, dark plum and liquorice fruits which overlay a vanillin cedar, earth and bay leaf background. Sturdy yet velvety tannins with a long succulent conclusion.
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc. 14.5%

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  2020 Kilikanoon Killerman’s Run Cabernet Sauvignon

  Clare Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

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  Established in 1997, Kilikanoon has established a reputation for producing world class, iconic Shiraz from vineyards located in the Barossa & Clare Valley. Winemaker Kevin Mitchell also produces more budget priced offerings, producing wines that offer ‘Killer Value’ under the Killerman’s Run label, with fruit now being sourced from entirely low yielding Clare Valley vineyards.
  Matured for 16 months in new and used French oak hogsheads. Dense midnight black dark red colour with a dark red black tinged hue. Elevated blackcurrant aromas infused with a mix of tobacco and bay leaf are trailed by some dried herb, black olive and dusty cedar notes. Rich and generously weighted the medium to full bodied palate is flooded with ripe blackcurrant and mulberry fruits. Excellent concentration with cedary tobacco characters, black olive and spicy bay leaf infusions adding further interest. Sturdy fine grained tannin structure with a long, slightly firm yet well endowed finish.
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc. 14.5%

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  2018 Kilikanoon Tregea Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

  Clare Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $94. 99

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  Low yielding fruit, hand-picked. Shouldn't this be the norm rather than bragging rights at this price? Admittedly, the range of Cabernets at this address is like no other. The saturation of fruit, miraculously fidelitous to variety and place, is impressive. Blackcurrant and mulberry; anise and tapenade; sage and bouquet garni, barrage across the mouth, staining every pore. Powerful, sure. But not galumphing. Long and impressive for the idiom. Like eating wine, rather than drinking it. Drink by 2035.
  94 Points
  Ned Goodwin MW - James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion

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  2018 Kilikanoon Blocks Road Cabernet Sauvignon

  Clare Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

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  Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2022-2028)

  ABV: 14%

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  Aged for 16 months in French oak. Dense midnight black dark red core with a dark red hue. Unfurling from the glass with great intensity are ripe blackcurrant aromas infused with mint which are trailed by some cedary tobacco notes, earth and spice. Medium to full in body rich blackcurrant and mulberry fruits laced with mint drive the palate. Vanillin cedar, earthy tobacco and spice characters ensue. Polished feel with fine grained tannins and a lengthy ripe yet balanced conclusion.
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc. 14%

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  2021 Kingston Estate Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

  Clare Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $15. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2023-2028)

  ABV: 14.5%

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  Totally opaque black dark red colour with a dark red hue. Ripe blackcurrant aromas mix with distinct cedary tobacco notes followed by some black olive and spicy bay leaf notes. Full in body, the palate is well endowed with rich blackcurrant fruit which fades into a vanillin cedar, tobacco, dried herb and spicy black olive back drop. Sturdy tannins impart a chewy feel into the ripe mid length finish that sees prominent vanillin cedar and tobacco characters holding court.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc. 14.5%

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  2017 Kooyonga Creek Cabernet Sauvignon

  North East Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  $19. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2022-2027)

  ABV: 14.5%

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  Matured in seasoned French oak barrels for 19 months. Dense inky black core with a deep dark red black hue. Lifted blackcurrant aromas infused with black olive are trailed by cigar box, dried herbs and spice. Medium bodied and tightly framed by a stern tannin structure, the palate is generously endowed with ripe blackcurrant and mulberry fruits. Distinct cedary tobacco, dried herb and earthy black olive characters sit underneath. Concludes ripe with a robust feel and some emerging leatheriness.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc. 14.5%

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  2021 Lake’s Folly Cabernets

  Hunter Valley, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

  $120. 00

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  ABV: 13%

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  A 76/12/8/4 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Merlot and Petit Verdot from the single-site estate vineyard, in Pokolbin, Lower Hunter Valley. Low-cropping vines that are a combination of volcanic hill, with a south-easterly aspect at an elevation of 50-100m. The soil is heavy red clay, with limestone beneath. Vines are pruned heavily for low production, high-quality fruit and trellised with vertical shoot positioning. The grapes are hand-picked early in the morning, and crushed into open fermenters, where they are gently hand-plunged every 6 hours for a week before being transferred to old (French oak) casks for natural settling. In the spring the wine is transferred to small French oak barrels (225-litre) for a year before bottling.

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  Cabernet Sauvignon (76%), Shiraz (12%), Merlot (8%), Petit Verdot (4%). Tasted from a 375ml bottle.
  Cherry, raspberry, a fair amount of perfume, a little aniseed and almond, cedar and spice. Medium-bodied, crisp red fruits, subtle tobacco/earthiness, light cedar oak, tannin is also light, but sure-footed, and the finish is long and fresh. So charming. Such a lovely thing to drink. Distinctive too. Drink 2023 - 2035+
  94 Points
  Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

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  2020 Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon

  Coonawarra, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $32. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2022-2030)

  ABV: 14.5%

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  ‘Ripe, concentrated and long.’

  Midnight black in colour with a deep dark red black tinged hue. Sailing out of the glass is an intense aromatic profile of blackcurrant, mulberry and bay leaf scents followed by hints of black olive, tobacco, dusty cedar and spice. Medium to full in body the richly flavoured palate is layered with ripe blackcurrant and mulberry fruits which overlay a cedary tobacco, dusty black olive and spicy bay leaf back drop. Seamlessly integrated tannins lend polish and class to the long refined aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 6-8 years.
  Alc. 14.5%

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  2019 Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernets

  Coonawarra, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $29. 99

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  $359.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2022-2030)

  ABV: 14.5%

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  A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc matured for 21 months in French oak. Totally opaque midnight black core with a dark red black tinged hue. Delightful red to black currant and mulberry aromas swirl out of the glass trailed by some black olive, cedary tobacco and spicy bay leaf notes. Medium bodied and possessing Coonawarra’s hallmark elegance the palate delivers a refined flavour profile of red to black currant and mulberry fruits over cedary tobacco characters, dusty earth and spicy dried herb elements. Beautifully integrated fine grained tannin structure with a savoury conclusion that shows great finesse.
  Drink over the next 6-8 years.
  Alc. 14.5%

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  2019 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon

  Margaret River, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $84. 99

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  ABV: 13.5%

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  Best known for producing arguably Australia’s greatest Chardonnay, Leeuwin Estate’s Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon has demonstrated over recent vintages that it can match it with best of the region and comparatively still remains under priced when compared to other Margaret River heavy weights such as Cullen & Moss Wood.
  Predominately Cabernet Sauvignon with a 4% Malbec component also included in the blend, this wine was matured in French oak (50% new) for a period of 22 months.
  Totally opaque black dark red colour with a deep dark red hue. Compelling aromas of red to black currant, violet and mulberry captivate the olfactory senses with vanillin cedar, tobacco, subtle dusty earth and bay leaf scents ensuing. Rich red to black currant and mulberry fruits are generously layered across the regal medium bodied palate with vanillin cedar, tobacco, earth and bay leaf elements lying underneath. Superb refinement with seamlessly integrated fine grained tannins marrying into a long elegant finish.
  Drink over the next 10-15 years.
  Alc. 13.5%

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  It’s masterful to craft a wine that is structured, detailed, powerful and concentrated, and yet, it feels effortless. Mulberries, cassis, warm spices, violets and cedary oak come together in harmony while the tannins sashay across the palate. Flavours persist, as does the finish, and it will age beautifully but hard to resist now. Impressive wine. Drink by 2042.
  97 points
  Jane Faulkner – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

  The 2019 Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon has admirable fruit presence in the mouth. As an immediate follow on from the great 2018 vintage, the 2019 vintage was cooler and wetter, but the average quality across the region was excellent. In many corners, the quality is argued as being on par with the 2019; it comes down to a matter of preference. Here, the wine is elegant and fine, very aromatic. It's an excellent wine and a clear statement about the direction and refinement of the Cabernet program at Leeuwin. Drink 2023-2045.
  96+ points
  Erin Larkin – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

  96% cabernet sauvignon, 4% malbec.
  Gosh this is good. This is the region and the variety and the estate all committing to the task and combining to exemplary effect. Such structure, such fruit, such balance and such impact. Blackcurrant and pencils, dark chocolate and herbs, some eucalypt lift and even some florals. Tannin, my word, it’s beautifully formed, a keel with wings, a determinant. I kept tasting this wine and it kept telling me things. Leeuwin Estate cabernet is now right up there with the best. Drink 2028-2040+
  96 points
  Campbell Mattinson – The Wine Front

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  2019 Levantine Hill Cabernet Sauvignon

  Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  $69. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 6 Years (2024-2030)

  ABV: 13%

  Closure: Stelvin

  Totally opaque black dark red colour with a dark red hue. Delightful red to black currant and mulberry aromas infused with cigar box flood the nostrils followed by some black olive, earth and spice notes. The elegant Bordeaux like palate features delicious mid weighted red currant and mulberry fruits over cedary tobacco, dried herb, dusty earth, subtle black olive and spice nuances. Seamlessly integrated fine grained tannins with a long refined and highly savoury conclusion.
  Drink over the next 5-6 years.
  Alc. 13%

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  Often my favorite wine of the quiver here. A mid-weighted, beautifully scented, highly attractive ‘luncheon claret’ sort of expression. Effortless in the way it sits pretty in the mouth, stroking the cheeks with chords of black currant, mint, green bean and bouquet garni. A skein of pliant tannins and dutiful freshness direct, while pulling length in poised synchronicity. A real joy to drink now, or hold for a decade.
  94 Points
  JamesSuckling.com

  The 2019 Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is herbal, savory and spicy on the nose, with notes of dried petals and bay leaves, orange peel, licorice bullets and garden mint. In the mouth, the wine is elegant, supple and very pretty. It helps to understand the unexpected nose, once the wine is in the mouth—it makes sense, somehow. This has lovely balance. 13% alcohol, Stelvin closure.
  Drink 2023-2038.
  93 Points
  Erin Larkin – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

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  2020 Linke Cabernet Sauvignon

  Barossa Valley, AUSTRALIA

  $17. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 3 Years (2023-2026)

  ABV: 15.3%

  Closure: Stelvin

  Dense black as night heart with a deep very dark red black tinged hue. Ripe blackcurrant and black plum aromas fill the nostrils followed by some liquorice, vanillin cedar and spicy dried herb notes. Large scaled and voluptuously textured the palate is engulfed with lavish cassis, black plum and liquorice fruits which overlay a vanillin oak and spice back drop. Velvet smooth tannins with the amply powered finish showing some heat.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years.
  Alc. 15.3%

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  2018 Lokoya Howell Mountain Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  Napa Valley, California, UNITED STATES

  $999. 00

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  $11988.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Cork

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  Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain was aged in French oak barrels for 22 months, 97% new. Deep garnet-purple colored, it rolls effortlessly out of the glass with notes of warm cassis, black cherries, mulberries and plum preserves plus hints of dark chocolate, crushed rock and tree bark with a waft of truffles. The full-bodied palate is densely laden with earthy/savory black fruit layers and super firm, rugged tannins, delivering a tightly wound, lively finish. Give it a good 5 years in bottle and drink it over the next 20+ years. 1,001 cases were made. Drink 2026 - 2046
  96+ Points
  Lisa Perrotti-Brown - Wine Advocate
  
  The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain is a wine of tremendous power and gravitas. Inky dark fruit, graphite, cured meat and smoke all meld together in a virile, imposing wine loaded with character. I would cellar the 2018 for at least a few years, as it is quite the powerhouse. Swaths of imposing Howell Mountain tannins wrap around the palate. Even so, the 2018 has more than enough volume and resonance to balance things out. Drink 2026 - 2043.
  97 Points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous
  

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  2020 Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon

  Coonawarra, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $32. 99

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  $395.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2023-2031)

  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Stelvin

  A success story of long term agricultural diversification, the Majella property was originally owned by Frank Lynn, and bought in 1960 by his nephew, George, for a prime lamb enterprise. Viticulture was not on the agenda until 1968, when George, encouraged by his friend, Eric Brand (of Brand's Laira fame) decided it would complement the sheep. Eric purchased the fruit for Hardy's, but the deal later fell through and for a couple of vintages tonnes of premium grapes were left to rot. The risk ultimately paid off. Majella have since had a long term contract supplying Wynns and today, plantings have continued to expand (150 acres now under vine), with Cabernet the flagship varietal. First produced in 1994, Majella Cabernet Sauvignon has quickly established a reputation as one of Coonawarra’s best.
  The 2020 Coonawarra vintage was one of excellent quality but low yields. Maturation took place in a mix of new and second use French oak hogsheads for a period of 18 months.
  Midnight black heart with a deep dark red black tinged hue. Intense red to black currant and ripe mulberry aromas are interwoven with vanillin cedar, subtle earthy tobacco and bay leaf notes. Rich fleshy blackcurrant and ripe mulberry fruits flood the medium to full bodied palate overlaying a cedary tobacco, subtle earthy black olive and bay leaf back drop. Polished fine grained tannins provide ample structure. Long, beautifully refined conclusion.
  Drink over the next 6-8 years.
  Alc. 14.5%

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  The interesting thing here is the tannin. Indeed, as good as the fruit is, tannin is the defining aspect. It spreads from the mid-palate onwards, assertive and dry, fine grained but commanding. It gives a pronounced sense of gravity, but it also calls into question the wine's balance. It otherwise offers trademark blackcurrant, boysenberry, mint and cedar flavours, all of which are delivered in both delicious and substantial volume. Drink by 2038.
  94 points
  Campbell Mattinson – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

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  2021 Marie-Louise Parisot Cotes du Rhone

  Cotes du Rhone, Southern Rhone, FRANCE

  $27. 99

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  $335.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2022-2026)

  ABV: 14%

  Closure: Stelvin

  Deep dark red black colour with a dark red hue. Spicy dark cherry aromas are followed by hints of red liquorice, scorched earth and peppered herbs. Savoury dark cherry, raspberry and liquorice fruits overlay a background of scorched earth and peppered dried herbs. Juicy mouth feel with ripe, slightly chewy tannins and a spicy dark fruited medium length conclusion.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc. 14%

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  2019 Mayacamas Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

  California, UNITED STATES

  $575. 00

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  ABV: 14%

  Closure: Cork

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  The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon remains true to the winery's historic style, offering complex notes of dried herbs and mixed berries, carried across the palate by a wine that's medium-bodied, crisp and somewhat lean by modern Napa standards. It finishes long and dusty, promising well for the future. Drink 2025-2040.
  94 points
  Joe Czerwinski - Wine Advocate (Apr 01, 2023)

  The 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon is a pretty rich, bombastic wine, especially for Mayacamas. A blast of dark fruit, incense, tobacco, licorice, spice and mocha hits the palate. I would give the 2019 at least a few years in bottle to settle down, as it is quite the powerhouse today. This is an unusually flamboyant wine with plenty of richness and a bit less in the way of subtlety. The opulence of the vintage comes through loud and clear. Drink 2027-2041.
  97 points
  Antonio Galloni - Vinous

  Seductive aromas of dark cherries, mulberries, spiced plums, wild herbs and dried spices. Medium to full body with finely grained tannins. Textural and suave with a voluptuous array of berries, cherries and raw cocoa on the palate. Velvety and well-balanced with a focused developing finish. Drink or hold.
  95 points
  James Suckling

  Moving to the current releases, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon is clearly on another level. Cassis, violets, spring flowers, and graphite, as well as a beautiful sense of minerality, all emerge on the nose, and it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, fine, polished tannins, fabulous balance, and a great finish. This stunning bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon will drink nicely over the coming 30 years or more. Drink 2023 - 2053.
  96 points
  Jeb Dunnuck

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  2022 Mayer Cabernet

  Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  $54. 99

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  ABV: 13%

  Closure: Diam Cork

  German born Timo Mayer, along with partner Rhonda Ferguson established Mayer in 1999, on the slopes of Mt Toolebewong, between Healesville & Woori Yallock. They produce a small range of hand crafted, single vineyard wines, believing that wines are made in the vineyard and not the winery. All wines are unfined and unfiltered to show the true expression of the vineyard. Vines are often close-planted, and winemaking frequently utilises a generous use of whole bunch.

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  Cabernet from a north-facing slope on Hans and Anna Orth's vineyard in Coldstream. A combination of crushed fruit, whole berries and whole bunches. Matured in hogsheads (10% new). Fragrant with cranberries, boysenberries, plum skins, a little olive tapenade and well-judged florals from the whole bunches. Medium bodied, this juicy red is neither forced nor extracted and the sinewy, fine and long tannins are already in perfect harmony with the fruit. A delicious and atypical cabernet. Drink 2023 - 2031.
  95 Points
  Philip Rich - Halliday's Australian Wine Companion

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  2021 Mayer Cabernet

  Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  $54. 99

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  ABV: 13.5%

  Closure: Diam Cork

  German born Timo Mayer, along with partner Rhonda Ferguson established Mayer in 1999, on the slopes of Mt Toolebewong, between Healesville & Woori Yallock. They produce a small range of hand crafted, single vineyard wines, believing that wines are made in the vineyard and not the winery. All wines are unfined and unfiltered to show the true expression of the vineyard. Vines are often close-planted, and winemaking frequently utilises a generous use of whole bunch.

  We're sure Timo wasn't the first person to throw 100% whole bunch winemaking at Cabernet, but he's certainly balanced the approach better than most would have expected. This is far from the green monster you would fear from this tactic, rather it's exudes vibrant cherry and blueberry fruit, seasoned by wild herbs and spice.

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  Cabernet that sees 100% whole bunch. Yes. Lots of carbonic maceration here.
  Ultra fragrant, cassis, lavender, bay leaf, salt bush, white pepper. Juicy, soft and ultra vibrant to taste, stacks of jubey fruit, layers of herbal spice, some new leather notes too. While vibrant and juicy up front, the finish rolls into chew and pucker, tension and freshness. Drink 2021 - 2025.
  90 Points
  Mike Bennie - The Wine Front (February 2022)

  Made from fruit from from a north-facing slope on Hans and Anna Orth's vineyard on St Huberts Road in Coldstream; 100% whole bunches, 10% new oak. A saturated crimson purple. Made more in the style of the Loire Valley's Chinon than Australian cabernet sauvignon, there's a lot going on here with its aromas of blackberries and blackcurrants, together with salted licorice, black olives and spice-rack spices. Saline on the palate, with good depth of fruit and fine, dusty tannins, this is a wine to be enjoyed with food, now and over the next 5 or so years. Drink by 2027.
  95 Points
  Philip Rich - James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion (January 2022)

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  2021 Metala Cabernet Sauvignon

  Langhorne Creek, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $19. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2022-2027)

  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Stelvin

  Dense midnight black in colour with a deep dark red black hue. Red to black currant aromas infused with tobacco and black olive notes are trailed by some dusty cedar and bay leaf. Mid weighted spicy red to black currant flavours overlay cedary tobacco, black olive and bay leaf characters. Dry, slightly chalky tannins with an elegant mid length conclusion.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc. 14.5%

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  2016 Metala William Formby Cabernet Sauvignon

  Langhorne Creek, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $69. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2022-2026)

  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Totally opaque black dark red colour with a very dark red hue. Aromas of ripe blackcurrant and liquorice are trailed by some earthy vanillin cedar, mint and light tobacco notes. Rich blackcurrant and dark plum fruits overlay an earthy back drop of vanillin cedar, mint and spicy leather. Firmish tannin structure with a ripe slightly chewy medium to long aftertaste.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc. 14.5%

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  2017 Misty Lane Cabernet Sauvignon

  Adelaide Hills, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $16. 99

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  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Stelvin

  Totally opaque black dark red colour with a deep dark red hue. Ripe curranty aromas infused with tobacco leaf are trailed by new leather and spice. Medium bodied, flavours of red to dark currant and mulberry have an elegant feel over a tobacco leaf, spicy cedar and bay leaf back drop. Slightly dryish tannins with a modest conclusion.
  Drink over the next 2-3 years.
  Alc. 14.5%

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  2017 Mitchell Sevenhill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

  Clare Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $27. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2023-2028)

  ABV: 13%

  Closure: Stelvin

  Deep dark red core with black toned edges and a dark red hue. Red currant aromas infused with mint and earth are trailed by some cedary tobacco, dried herb and spice notes. Medium bodied, elegant red currant and red cherry fruits overlay an earthy back drop of mint, cedary tobacco and spicy dried herb characters. Slightly dryish fine grained tannins with a refined mid length finish.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc. 13%

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  The release window is just about correct here: at 5 years old it has softened considerably from the early, frisky, vivacity that cabernet exudes, and all things have melted into one. The spice, the fruit, the acid and the oak are seamlessly joined, making it difficult to seperate or tease apart. Elegant, mid weight and generally lovely. It has an heirloom tomato/claret aspect which is most appealing. Drink by 2029.
  93 Points
  Erin Larkin – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

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  2019 Mitolo Jester Cabernet Sauvignon

  McLaren Vale, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $19. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 5 Years (2023-2028)

  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Stelvin

  Dense midnight black heart with a deep dark red black tinged hue. Lifted ripe blackcurrant and dried cherry aromas mix with hints of liquorice, vanillin cedar, dried herb and spicy black olive notes. Rich, bold and opulent the palate is swamped with ripe blackcurrant, morello cherry and liquorice fruits which overlay a dried herb, vanillin cedar and spicy black olive back drop. Sturdy tannins impart a chewy feel onto the long ripe conclusion.
  Drink over the next 4-5 years.
  Alc. 14.5%
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  Piercing notes of blackcurrant, reminiscent of Ribena. Herbaceous riffs of hedgerow, spearmint and greengage provide lift. Lithe, dense sage-crusted tannins find effortless affinity with the oak cladding (70/30% French/American, all used). But it is the extract and generous mouthfeel that prove winning. No wonder, as 20% of the fruit was dried in the appassimento fashion. This is an impressive cabernet: saline, maritime, full bodied and highly regional. Drink by 2027.
  92 Points
  Ned Goodwin – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

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  2021 Mollydooker The Maitre D Cabernet Sauvignon

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $27. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 4 Years (2023-2027)

  ABV: 15%

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  Fruited was sourced from McLaren Vale and Langhorne Creek. Midnight black dark red colour with a deep dark red hue. Elevated scents of cassis and liquorice fill the nostrils followed by some vanillin cedar, dusty tobacco and spice notes. Rich flamboyant ripe blackcurrant and liquorice fruits saturate the full bodied palate with vanillin cedar, tobacco and spicy dried herbs the undercard. Velvety yet sturdy tannins with a long opulently textured finish.
  Drink over the next 3-4 years.
  Alc. 15%

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  2020 Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon

  Margaret River, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $64. 99

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  Cellar: Drink now - 10 Years (2022-2032)

  ABV: 14%

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  Totally opaque black dark red core with a deep dark red hue. Enticing red currant, red liquorice and ripe mulberry scents drift from the glass with hints of violets, cedary tobacco characters, light earth and fresh herbs also present. The delightful mid weighted palate is richly flavoured with ripe red currant and mulberry fruits. Notions of red liquorice, subtle vanillin cedar, earthy tobacco and bay leaf flow onto the back half. Great refinement and polish with seamlessly integrated tannins and a long highly finessed conclusion that shows a youthful freshness.
  Drink over the next 8-10 years.
  Alc. 14%

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  2019 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon

  Margaret River, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $127. 00

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  ABV: 14%

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  A blend of 96% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Cabernet Franc & 2% Petit Verdot matured in French oak barriques of which 15% were new. Pitch black core with a deep bright dark red black tinged hue. A wonderful array of red to black currant, red liquorice, violet and mulberry aromatics sail out of the glass followed by some toasty cedar, tobacco, black olive and subtle bay leaf notes. Rich and silky in its feel the medium bodied palate is flooded with a mix of red to black currant and red liquorice fruits that show superb power and length. Notions of vanillin cedar, tobacco, subtle black olive and bay leaf chime in on the back half. Super fine tannins are seamlessly integrated. Concluding impressively long and refined this is already seductive drinking.
  Drink over the next 10-15 years.
  Alc. 14%

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  This is a masterclass in refinement. It is svelte and streamlined, the cool, mineral spool of flavour across the tongue is what the 2019 vintage can look like at its most restrained and harnessed. The length of flavour basically flutters out over the finish, so weightless and enduring. The 2018 that came before it had a thundering, legendary quality - legs widespread, hands on hips, power pose. This is the creative in the family, the quiet guy. It's intriguing and intelligent and thoughtful ... poignantly red fruited, spicy and super-supple. I'm descending into hyperbole. It's unnecessary. This is another great Moss Wood release. Drink by 2042.
  97 points
  Erin Larkin - James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion

  Gracefully powerful and exquisitely expressed, the wine shows blackcurrant, dark cherry, cedary oak, green olive and warm spice aromas on the nose. The concentrated palate delivers outstanding fruit purity and intensity, combined with finely textured mouthfeel and beautifully pitched grainy tannins, finishing with a great line and length. Impeccably detailed, precise and undeniably classy.  
  98 points
  Sam Kim – Wine Orbit

  There was some debate around a decade ago that this iconic Margaret River winery had lost a little of its glitter and that the wines were not what they once were. I was not quite as onboard with that as some – in fairness, it is not easy to remain at the pinnacle for a half century – but in recent years, the levels of quality they have attained have put to rest any such doubts. These guys now make some of the most thrilling wines in Margaret River and none better than their Cabernet. There are some world class Cabs made in the region and the MW sits with the very best. This vintage ranks with the finest of recent releases and there have been some crackers. To be honest, to look at this, I slipped it into a tasting which friends had organised, which was of some “super-second level” Bordeaux and great Margaret River Cabernets, from vintages as far back as 1990, right up to today. It will give an indication of how well it went if I tell you that one friend, not usually known for purchasing anything other than the great wines of Europe, rang the next day to say he had already picked up a six pack.
  96% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% each of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, this is elegance personified. A low yielding and slightly cooler vintage, the grapes went into small open tanks for fermentation, with thrice daily hand-plunging. 15 days on skins and then pressed to tank before it was racked to French oak, 15% new. Over two years maturation. As mentioned, elegance personified. A silky combination of coiled power and finesse, this is a glorious Cabernet. Blackberries, spices, tobacco leaves, kid leather, violets, cigar box notes, aniseed and delicately integrated oak. There is a gossamer-like web of complexity weaving through the wine. Seamless, great length and cashmere tannins. This is a brilliant wine. Ten years, twenty years? How long have you got? If you are serious about great Australian Cabernet, this is a must for your cellar.
  99 points
  Ken Garrett – Winepilot.com

  Generally, contrary to many, I tend to favour 2019 Margaret Cabernet over 2018. A bit more brooding, dense, tight, ‘minerally’, and all that.
  Powerful, compact, brooding sort of style, but tight too, all black fruit, dark chocolate, a seasoning of bay leaf and baking spice, some floral notes peeping over the top. Tannin is earthy and dense, but smooth and layered, boysenberry and dark raspberry, firm acidity set neatly inside, and a tobacco and black olive savoury finish of length and intensity. A very strong release, indeed maybe the best in the last decade. High drinkability, even early.
  Drink 2027-2043+
  96 points
  Gary Walsh – The Wine Front

  Concentrated, silky and lingering, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon is elegant and fine with salted licorice, ripe raspberry, dark chocolate and exotic spice. It's a beautiful wine that continues the legacy of Moss Wood Cabernets, albeit with a slightly softer, more lilting voice. Age-worthy in the supreme. Drink 2022-2042.
  97 points
  Erin Larkin - Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate
  

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  2007 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon

  Margaret River, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $250. 00

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  $3000.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Screw Cap

  Produced from a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc, the wine was matured for approximately 30 months in French oak of which 55% was new.

  A legendary Moss Wood in the making and further testimony to the 'classicism' of the 2007 vintage in Margaret River.
  Opaque dark red black colour with deep dark red hue. The nose is refned and perfumed with aromas of violets, blackcurrant, spice and cedar with a hint of tobacco as an end note. Medium to full bodied palate displaying great elegance, fnesse and power. Flavours of ripe blackcurrant, spice and mulberry are followed by some cedar and cigar box back palate favours, all seamlessly integrated with outstanding depth and persistence. Velvet smooth tannin structure with exceptionally long refned aftertaste of cassis, spice, mulberry and cedar that lasts for minutes. Tasted 2010.
  Alc 14.5%

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  2004 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon

  Margaret River, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $199. 00

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  A superb Moss Wood. Very deep black crimson colour with black crimson hue. Perfumed nose of violets, blackcurrant, cassis and spice. Very classy. The palate has excellent weight and mouthfeel – complex layers of cedar, cassis and spice are overlaid by violet infusions. Fine grained tannins. Outstanding length and balance. Very long aftertaste of confectionary, violets, cassis and cedar.
  Alc/Vol: 14.5%

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  Classic, austere regional/varietal expression; curiously, the grip is more evident on entry than on the finish and aftertaste, thanks to superfine tannins. Drink by 2030.
  95 Points
  James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion

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  2012 Mount Mary Quintet

  Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  $299. 00

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  ABV: 12.9%

  Closure: Cork

  The vineyard at Mount Mary is planted to Cabernet Sauvignon (46%), Merlot (26%), Cabernet Franc (18%), Malbec (5%) and Petit Verdot (5%). However, the actual final assemblage for the Quintet will vary each vintage depending on the season. Maturation generally takes place in a combination of 25% in large format oak (1500L or larger), and 30% in new barriques (225L) for a period of 22 months.

  Other Reviews....
  Bright crimson; the bouquet swarms with aromas of red and black fruits and quality oak; the medium-bodied palate is supremely elegant, yet boasts all the intensity one could wish for, with vibrant cassis and redcurrant fruit on a non-stop trip in a very fast train; of course there are tannins and French oak, but these characters are largely passive observers. Drink by 2037.
  97 Points
  Halliday's Australian Wine Companion

  A moderate vintage that is delivering a wine with good shape and style to it. There is a lot of cassis and red plums, as well as some really attractive cedary and violety notes. The merlot shines here. It also shows graphite, dark stony notes and fine, fluid tannins. A succulent and fine tannin finish. Sweet mulberries and plums, too. A great wine. Drink now or hold.
  96 Points
  JamesSuckling.com

  The 2012 Quintet is balanced and bloody on the nose; it's not as overtly savory perhaps as the 2014 tasted next to it, but certainly, there are gamey inflections entrenched in the red fruit. It has hints of clove and cardamom pod, roast beef crust and hints of asphalt/roadbase, moving in the more mineral/ozone/petrichor space. There are also notes of lead pencil and graphite. This is an intriguing wine. It finishes clean and mineral and cool. It's as tight as it is persistent. I find this to be quite a zen/placid wine, like the surface of a still body of water—unbroken and seamless. I like it a lot. It may be more polarizing than some others in this lineup, but for me, this is the picture of elegance. "A foot in the old-school Mount Mary camp, I feel like my grandpa would really take his hat off to that, in the context of the 1970s and 1980s." 12.9% alcohol, sealed under natural cork. The back label reads: "In loving memory of Marli Russel 1926 - 2012." Drink 2023 - 2060.
  97+ Points
  Erin Larkin - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  Classic Yarra Valley blend of cabernet sauvignon (42%), cabernet franc (17%), merlot (33%), malbec (4%) and petit verdot. It spends 22 months in French oak, with “25% of the blend in large format oak (1500L or larger), and 30% in new barriques (225L)”.
  Essence of blackcurrant. Bay leaves, licorice, tobacco and musky oak. One of those wines that seems to cascade through the mouth. Tremendous purity, freshness, elegance. Great release. Not much need be said. Pure velvet. Pure length. Drink 2019 - 2032+
  96 Points
  Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front

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  2011 Mount Mary Quintet

  Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  $199. 00

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  The vineyard at Mount Mary is planted to Cabernet Sauvignon (46%), Merlot (26%), Cabernet Franc (18%), Malbec (5%) and Petit Verdot (5%). However, the actual final assemblage for the Quintet will vary each vintage depending on the season. Maturation generally takes place in a combination of 25% in large format oak (1500L or larger), and 30% in new barriques (225L) for a period of 22 months.

  Other Reviews....
  The hue is bright, although not deep - indeed crystal clear; the scented, perfumed red berry bouquet leads into a juicy palate with no green notes, just a touch of mint; it is long and evenly balanced, and will provide much pleasure over the next five or so years, thereafter is in the lap of the gods.
  94 Points
  Halliday's Australian Wine Companion

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  2007 Mount Mary Quintet

  Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

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  $175. 00

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  $2100.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 13.1%

  Closure: Cork

  Mount Mary needs little introduction. Established in 1971 by Dr. John and Marli Middleton, it was one of the first vineyards planted during the resurgence of the Yarra Valley as a premium grape growing region. Middleton forged a reputation as the most consistent producer in the valley, and his 'Quintet' has become Victoria’s benchmark Cabernet blend (being Cabernet Sauvignon/Franc/Merlot/Malbec/Petit Verdot). Today, Mount Mary covers 30 acres and continues to be run as a family business.

  Notes From The Winery....
  This wine was produced from secondary fruit as a result of a devastating frost event in the early hours of October 23rd 2006 which destroyed the primary crop. Whilst significantly different to 'normal' vintages it is not without merit and we have released this wine as a 'not for sale' gift to our dedicated customers who have shared and endured the seasons with us over the years.

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  2021 Mount Mary Quintet

  Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  $210. 00

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  ABV: 13.3%

  Closure: Cork

  The Mount Mary Quintet vineyard features Cabernet Sauvignon (50%), Merlot (25%), Cabernet Franc (15%), Malbec (5%), and Petit Verdot (5%). The blend's composition varies seasonally due to factors like fruitfulness and fruit set and is fermented on skins for 12-16 days, followed by 22 months of barrel maturation. The blend includes 25% in large oak (1500L+), 30% in new barriques (225L), and the rest in 2-5 year old barriques.

  "The 2021 is a Quintet to sit comfortably alongside our famed 1990, 2015 and 2019 renditions. The nose offers red cherry, violets, spice and some earthy undertones. The palate is driven by red fruits, intertwined with spicy French oak; however, it is really the quality of tannin that defines this wine on the palate. Not since the 2013 vintage have we seen this quality and quantity of fine grain tannin present, giving this wine such an appealing structure and persistence through the palate. It will age tremendously well for at least 3 decades."
  Sam Middleton - Mount Mary Winemaker

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  A blend of 45/30/17/6/2% cabernet sauvignon/merlot/cabernet franc/malbec/petit verdot. Fermented with whole berries and at different temperatures, depending on the variety. All varieties are matured in both barriques and 1600L foudres for 12 months then racked into barriques (35% new) for another 10 months before blending and bottling. A saturated purple-red. This is a special Quintet (and I don't say this lightly) from the first. Aromas of blackberries, blackcurrants, dark cherry skins and crushed violets. A whisper of pencil-shaving oak. An elegant, concentrated, pure and structured wine that will become even more special with time. As I was tasting it, Radiohead's opening track from Kid A came to mind. Everything in Its Right Place, indeed. Drink 2023 - 2040.
  98 Points
  Philip Rich - Halliday's Australian Wine Companion

  Among the ten vintage flight that I was privy to, this is arguably the finest of them all, sitting pretty alongside its rival, the stunning 2015. Medium-bodied, taut and understated, as the Quintet always is. Graphite, pencil lead, blood plum and a fleck of red and black currant. The wine's signature, a kit of gorgeous, sinuous tannins that reflect the later picking windows of more recent years. This could easily be nudged up a point. Best after 2028.
  98 Points
  Ned Goodwin MW - JamesSuckling.com

  It's no secret that the Quintet is one of my favorite Cabernet blends in Australia. I collect a few bottles for my cellar each year because of three reasons: they speak of site and place eloquently and gracefully, they age in the same manner, and despite every and any season, the dry-grown vines prevail. I love the vintage variation through the lens of house style; these are natural feeling, unforced vineyard wines and a proud statement of what is possible in the world of global Cabernet, and Australian Cabernet more specifically.
  So, the 2021 Quintet comprises 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, Cabernet Franc 17%, Petit Verdot 6% and Malbec 2%. On the nose, there is a forest of red berries—mid-weight and balanced in their flow of aromatics. It has notes of pomegranate, cassis, a hint of cocoa, graphite and tobacco, star anise and salted licorice. In the mouth, the calling card of this estate is undoubtedly the tannins, and they flow and weave through the fruit at every turn. This is a silken wine, the tannins like carded silk. If you've ever carded fleece or a raw substrate like that, you know the satisfaction and progress of that process. The tannins here have that open-weave, unfettered feeling—they are what they are and are not created/built/etc. There is nothing forced here. The season has yielded a balanced and fine wine, and the tannins feel like they plume through the fruit, like blood in the water. I cannot separate the fruit from the tannin. It's chewy. Excellent. I'm looking forward to seeing this again in a decade. Drink 2023 - 2063.
  98 Points
  Erin Larkin - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Franc, 6% Malbec, 2% Petit Verdot. All the good things. I tasted a 2021 Coleraine the other day, and in many ways, this wine echoes that one. And last year I opened an 18 MM alongside an 18 Coleraine, and it was the same kind of thing. Obviously they are different, and yet, they have a kinship. I think it’s to do with this restrained intensity, acid and tannin balance, and quintessential Cabernet blend perfume. Just an observation really. If you’re feeling flush, you should try it yourself some day. I can pretty much guarantee you won’t have a bad time.
  The pencils and the perfume, crushed small berries, essence-like in a way, with tobacco and a little crushed leaf. It’s medium-bodied, tense and so controlled, firm graphite tannin, a clean cranberry crunch to acidity etches it so finely, and the finish is floral, stony and supremely long. Frisson and finesse. It’s a magnificent wine, and one for the ages. Drink 2026 - 2047+
  97+ Points
  Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

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  2003 Mount Mary Quintet

  Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  $225. 00

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  ABV: 13%

  Closure: Cork

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  Good colour; considerable depth and power to the array of cassis, blackcurrant and blackberry fruit; very good texture and structure; abundant fine tannins and controlled oak.
  94 points
  James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion

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• 2002 Mount Mary Quintet

  Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  $225. 00

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  $2700.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Mount Mary wines in the Yarra Valley, are regarded as amongst Australia's very best. The vineyard is situated on northern, well drained slopes, and historically has been regarded as an exceptional site. Established in the early 1970's by Dr John Middleton and his wife Marli, the reputation of Mount Mary has spread well beyond the shores of Australia with serious wine collectors world wide snapping up any stocks that happen to find their way onto the markets.
  Dr Middleton has been assisted by winemaker and viticulturist, Rob Hall, and together they have produced a collection of wines that are truly formidable.
  The Mount Mary Cabernets are regarded as the countries finest and positioned along side Penfolds Grange Hermitage and Henschke Hill of Grace as wine icons. The Cabernets are made with the classic Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot.

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• 2000 Mount Mary Quintet Cabernets

  Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  $250. 00

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  $3000.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.2%

  Closure: Cork

  Mount Mary wines in the Yarra Valley, are regarded as amongst Australia's very best. The vineyard is situated on northern, well drained slopes, and historically has been regarded as an exceptional site. Established in the early 1970's by Dr John Middleton and his wife Marli, the reputation of Mount Mary has spread well beyond the shores of Australia with serious wine collectors world wide snapping up any stocks that happen to find their way onto the markets.
  Dr Middleton has been assisted by winemaker and viticulturist, Rob Hall, and together they have produced a collection of wines that are truly formidable.
  The Mount Mary Cabernets are regarded as the countries finest and positioned along side Penfolds Grange Hermitage and Henschke Hill of Grace as wine icons. The Cabernets are made with the classic Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot.

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  1997 Mount Mary Quintet Cabernets

  Yarra Valley, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

  $250. 00

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  $3000.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Mount Mary wines in the Yarra Valley, are regarded as amongst Australia's very best. The vineyard is situated on northern, well drained slopes, and historically has been regarded as an exceptional site. Established in the early 1970's by Dr John Middleton and his wife Marli, the reputation of Mount Mary has spread well beyond the shores of Australia with serious wine collectors world wide snapping up any stocks that happen to find their way onto the markets.

  For the last decade, Dr John Middleton has been assisted by winemaker and viticulturist, Mario Marson, and together they have produced a collection of wines that are truly formidable. Middleton is approaching his mid 70's, consequently much of the responsibility of winemaking has been shifted to Mario Marson. Marson, while largely unknown outside of the winemaking community must be regarded as Australia's greatest shadow winemaker.

  The Mount Mary Cabernets are regarded as the countries finest and positioned along side Penfolds Grange Hermitage and Henschke Hill of Grace as wine icons. The Cabernets are made with the classic Bordeaux blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot.

  Tasting Note: An extraordinary bottle of wine, even 'blind freddy' can tell that it's 'posh'. This wine definitely draws its inspiration from Bordeaux First Growth, and in particular, Chateau Lafite and Chateau Latour in its finesse and construction. It's almost impossible to compare this wine with other Australian reds, as neither its structure or flavour conforms to an Australian norm. It is without a doubt a world class wine. Made by Mario Marson, John Middleton's winemaker at Mount Mary, the wine is a reaffirmation of the fact that Australia is capable of producing First Growth quality and finesse. Deep crimson colour, with purple mauve hues. Superb complex aristocratic nose, powerful aromas of violets, blackcurrant, spice and cedar fill in the nose with an aire of grace and confidence only seen in First Growths. The palate is superbly structured - elegant, and yet filled with remarkable power and concentration of flavour. A seamless marriage of component parts - Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot. Exquisite balance with very long aftertaste of cedar, violets and blackcurrants. A totally refined experience. Cellar 8-15 years.

  RATING: 98/100

  VALUE: XXXXX/5

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