Winemaker Notes
Stunning in its complex aromas of dark plum and blackberry preserves, the palate delivers with an exceptional depth of flavor. Red fruits and a fine dust of tannin swirl on the palate in a medium body with a long, finely tuned finish. This intense Cabernet Sauvignon provides a rich canvas of aromas and flavors derived from its growing location. This wine will maintain intrigue with age.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
A distinctive red, offering an aromatic mix of amaretto, morello cherries in syrup, framboise and red licorice accented by notes of caraway, cumin and tobacco. The tannins are plump and juicy before firming on the finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2021 Compono Cabernet marks the first release of this cuvee. The fruit is from the Angas family's Hutton Vale farm up in Eden Valley, with 10% of the fruit from high Moppa (380 meters elevation). Aromatically, the fruit is leafy and spiced, with blackberry and raspberry nuance, rose petals and tobacco. The detail in fruit and tannin here is impressive, and the wine is balanced and fresh. The tannins are a highlight through the mineral finish. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
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Wine Enthusiast
Toasted mocha and cedar aromas perch atop tart cherry, tobacco and iodine. There’s an almost surprising ping of tangy red berry acidity on the palate. It nicely counters the powerful tannins and concentrated fruit.
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James Suckling
Ripe black cherries, cassis, dark chocolate, cedar and bark on the nose, following through to a full body with wide, creamy tannins and succulent sweet berry fruit. Rich and concentrated with a mellow finish.
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Vinous
The 2021 Compono puts a lovely slant on Barossa Cabernet with its fine, fresh and detailed style, showing blackcurrant bush, blackberry and dried sage aromas well matched to beautifully integrated oak. Graceful with understated mid-weight and elegant flavors, it holds its shape beautifully over a long, ethereal 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.
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.