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Dalwhinnie Cabernet Sauvignon Pyrenees(2000)
- Winery:
- Dalwhinnie
- Varietal:
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Region:
- South East Australia > Victoria > Western Victoria > Pyrenees
- Type:
- Red Wine
- User Tags:
- stone fruits, black, plum, fruit, black fruit, (tree) fruit, peach, finish - long, supple, lenoir grape
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June 2007
- A completely Australian take on cabernet sauvignon - not in terms of ripeness or blunt fruitiness but for the distinct flavor profile of the grape grown in the high-altitudes of Victorias Pyrenees. The flavors extend beyond savory rich black plum to a harvest of tree fruit as if theres some aromatic pear if not peach wrapped in black plum skin. The finish keeps giving with a fountain of black fruit a lasting tannic plumminess that reveals the power of this supple young wine. The mature vines (planted in 1976) provide a wine thats balanced to age for a decade or more though it requires long aeration read more...
- Wine Advocate # 148
- Aug-03
- 90/100
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April 2008
- Wine & Spirits Magazine
- 94/100
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June 2007
