Winemaker Notes
Dark plum, cassis and plum fruit flavours with hints of eucalyptus and florals. Black fruits with a round mid palate, an elegant core of tannins and a textured finish Marrow on toast, roasted quail or partridge.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This shows some attractive notes of gentian, herbal liqueur, cassis, freshly picked blackcurrants and Chinese spices. Medium to full body, some nice and grippy tannins and a chewy finish.
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Wine & Spirits
Matt Gant and John Retsas fashion this as a “luncheon claret,” harvesting cabernet early in the sea- son at a vineyard in the Willunga foothills to present a clean, juicy red with green-tobacco hues and dark red-currant flavor. It’s a fresh wine to pour with thin-sliced roast lamb. Best Buy
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Sourced from a vineyard near Willunga, the 2016 Mother's Ruin Cabernet Sauvignon features hints of cedary oak, but it remains nicely balanced, with cassis fruit leading the way. It's medium-bodied, streamlined and silky in texture, showing decent length on the finish.
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.
Known for opulent red wines with intense power and concentration, McLaren Vale is home to perhaps the most “classic” style of Australian Shiraz. Vinified on its own or in Rhône Blends, these hot-climate wines are deeply colored and high in extract with signature hints of dark chocolate and licorice. Cabernet Sauvignon is also produced in a similar style.
Whites, often made from Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc tend to be opulent and full of tropical, stone and citrus fruit.