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96
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James Halliday
Red
Classification
Cabernet Blend
Variety
2010
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
Western Australia, Margaret River
Region
14.0%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
96 / 100"Made from the revered Reynell Selection of cabernet vines grown on the best portions of the estate Abbey Vineyard, plus 3.3% petit verdot. Fermentation and skin maceration took 35 days; matured in new French thick-staved Chateau barrels, held for 3 years in temperature-controlled storage. It is a monumental wine, still a decade or more away from its best, flooded with regional mulberry, cassis and a faint hint of mint, the tannins in shape, the cedary oak in balance."
- James Halliday
Tasting Notes
The Parker Coonawarra Estate First Growth blend of cabernet sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Merlot is grown on a 17-hectare vineyard comprising predominately Reynell Selection colonial vine stock. The vineyard lies at the southern end of Coonawarra on traditional terra rossa over limestone soils. Bordelais vinification, followed by 18 to 20 months of maturation in new (80-100%) and seasoned French oak, lead to a rich, voluminous wine with mocha, espresso and blackcurrant aromas, savoury new oak, and fine-grained tannins.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
- Smooth
- Complex