Winemaker Notes
Complex flavors of cassis and black cheery, hints of fresh blueberries, dark chocolate and smoky oak characters. A persistent and smooth finish.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
This is a thoroughly modern Cab with freshness and drink ability. It’s rich and concentrated but accessible, with black cherry and currant fruit, cedar spice and toasty vanillin oak. Tannins are etched in savory spice with a lovely texture that, along with lifted acidity, nicely counters the plush red orchard fruit. Drink with grilled portobello mushroom or rare steak.
A noble variety bestowed with both power and concentration, Cabernet Sauvignon enjoys success all over the globe, its best examples showing potential to age beautifully for decades. Cabernet Sauvignon flourishes in Bordeaux's Medoc where it is often blended with Merlot and smaller amounts of some combination of Cabernet Franc, Malbecand Petit Verdot. In the Napa Valley, ‘Cab’ is responsible for some of the world’s most prestigious, age-worthy and sought-after “cult” wines. Somm Secret—DNA profiling in 1997 revealed that Cabernet Sauvignon was born from a spontaneous crossing of Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc in 17th century southwest France.
The Barossa Zone encompasses the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley. Some of the oldest vines in Australia can be found here.
Barossa Valley of course is the most important and famous wine growing region in all of Australia where 140+ year-old, dry-farmed Shiraz vines still produce inky, purple and dense juice for some of Australia's best wines.
In the cooler, wetter Eden Valley sub-region, the Hill of Grace vineyard is home to famous Shiraz vines from the 1800s but the region produces also some of Australia’s very best and age-worthy Rieslings.