Henschke Cabernet Sauvignon Cyril Henschke 2003

document.getElementById("NoProductImage").innerHTML = ""; Only 6 bottles or less available. James Halliday 94 points!"Blackcurrant fruit with touches of mint and leaf lead into a medium- to medium-full-bodied palate lively and long- it has abundant cassis and blackcurrant fruit- a touch of mint again apparent- but not excessive has absorbed the new oak- and has very good structure." James Halliday- Australian Wine Companion 2008 Wine Advocate 93 points!"The 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon "Cyril Henschke" includes 9% Merlot in the blend. read more...It spent 18 months in new French oak. The wine offers a subtle perfume of toasty oak- wood smoke- cassis- clove- and black currants. Elegant on the palate with complex- intense flavors- it has enough structure to evolve for 5-7 years and provide pleasure through 2025." Wine Advocate #173 Oct 2007 www.wineadvocate.com HenschkeLast year- Prue and Stephen Henschke earned their place as a "Winery of the Year" with the release of the '98 Hill of Grace- their most famous shiraz. This year- the award comes not only for a great shiraz- but it's also driven by a range of '02 white wines from their vineyards on the ridge that runs south from Eden Valley down to the Adelaide Hills. Winter 2004- Wine & Spirits Special Issue - Annual Buying GuideCyril HenschkeThis single vineyard Cabernet was named after the Late Cyril Henschke who purchased this Eden Valley property in the 1970s. It now comprises small elements of Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Soils are well drained with sandy loams over gravel and patches of clay. Early vintages were partially barrel fermented and matured in American oak. Nowadays the wine - after vinification in headed down open fermenters - completes fermentation and 18 months maturation in 100% new French oak: mainly Vosges- Alliers and Berce. The style has come through quite an evolution - the wines show more finesse and balance than ever before. Cyril Henschke Cabernet is a very perfumed wine with intense pure blackcurrant cedar meaty characters- fine grained tannins and savoury/vanillin oak complexity. Andrew Caillard MW The Henschke name is perhaps better known for the Hill of Grace- but for me its premier red is one that since the 1981 vintage has stood head and shoulders above most other Australian cabernet-based wines. From the Eden Valley comes this wine of great depth and style which develops along the classic cedar and cigarbox lines of top Medoc reds in ripe years. Jeremy Oliver    (hide)

October 2008

From the Eden Valley, this Cabernet, named after one of Australia's winemaking pioneers, Cyril Henschke, shows dark, cassis fruit and irresistible tannins.

Rating: 92/100 - As reviewed by Wine & Spirits Magazine on 02/08