Wirra Wirra Dead Ringer Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
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Pairs with slow cooked lamb shoulder with pearl onions, young garlic and rosemary.
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Wine Spectator
This supple and open-textured red offers a pretty chocolate note weaving through its dark berry and floral flavors, which come together smoothly on the expressive finish. Shows presence and persistence. Drink now through 2020. 150 cases imported.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Medium to deep garnet/purple, the 2012 Dead Ringer (The Angelus) Shiraz has pronounced menthol, blackberry, black plums and cherry aromas dotted with cloves and pencil shavings plus hints of violets. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is firm and chewy though just a little bit hollow. It finishes with good length.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2012 Wirra Wirra Dead Ringer is an excellent example of McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon. This well-built wine offers plenty of fruit and overall balance. Very deep ruby color; rich and exotic in the nose, ripe fruit and chalk; medium bodied, fine tension on the palate; red and black fruit in the flavors, with a hint of dried, savory herbs; medium finish. (Tasted: April 6, 2016, San Francisco, CA)
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Wirra Wirra Vineyards was originally established in 1894 by known South Australian eccentric and cricketer Robert Strangways Wigley. The winery prospered in its early days, producing many wines including a much acclaimed Shiraz, which was exported to England and the Empire until his death in 1926. The winery ran into disrepair and was eventually abandoned. In 1969 under the watchful eye of the late Greg Trott and his cousin Roger, the winery was rebuilt from the remnants of two walls and some slate fermenting tanks. As with all subsequent Trott endeavours, it was the sheer magnitude and unlikeliness of the project that made it so attractive.
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.