Winemaker Notes
Dark-red to purple, bright and alive. Inviting. Traces of distant dark chocolate flirt around an expanding aroma of blackberry and freshly bottled cassis along with folds of gentle menthol and Summer’s early tomato foliage. Older French Oak’s bouquet is sewn into a hidden jacket pocket. Long and strong and upright with Cabernet Sauvignon’s full sail on show. Sour blackberry and bright mulberry; textural and firm tannins.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
From the "war and peace" label on the back of the bottle of the 2020 Pride of the Fleurieu Peninsula Cabernet Sauvignon: the fruit was picked in the third week of March 2020 (and we all remember what was happening at that time), by friends and family. It spent 14 days on skins and was basket pressed to a combination of new and seasoned French oak barriques for 18 months' maturation. This is lovely. Very sweet fruit vibrates within the confines of savory tannins that shape the experience in the mouth. This flavor flows across the palate and through into the long finish. Lovely wine, here! 14.5% alcohol, sealed under Stelvin. Best After 2023
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Wine Enthusiast
Spiced cherry chutney, plum preserves, dried tobacco, cedar and a chocolaty oak influence lead on this expressive Cab. Powerful, drying tannins dominate the palate, but the plump fruit’s there, too.
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.
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