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95
/ 100
Bob Campbell MW
Red
Classification
Cabernet Sauvignon
Variety
2014
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
Western Australia, Margaret River
Region
14.0%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
95 / 100"Elegant, powerful cabernet sauvignon, with classical varietal flavours of cedar, cassis and a suggestion of green olive. A tight, linear wine with an impressively lingering finish. While it is easy to appreciate now the wine will clearly repay cellaring."
- Bob Campbell MW
Tasting Notes
The colour is a very youthful brick red and the condition is bright. The wine gleams in the glass.
The immediate impression of the nose is one of liveliness and fragrance, combining black and red currant with roses, five spice and liqueur cherry. There is complexity as well with soft, toasty oak, and some of the classic Ribbon Vale tar, linseed and seaweed.
On the palate it shows the evolution of the vineyard, where once this wine was distinctly savoury now there are rich, almost sweet dark berry and cherry fruits and an almost confectionery jubey muskiness. The palate gives just a glimpse of Ribbon Vales past, with firm tannin and leather and tarry notes on the finish, but the overall impression is one of great balance and length.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
- Smooth
- Complex