South Africa Cabernet Sauvignon

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Grange Hermitage Bin 95 Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 1970

Dark and brooding, with an intense quite savory palate with hints of mint, black pepper, and a touch of tar and well integrated oak. This has loads of character and good intensity. Excellent. — 4 days ago

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Arabella

Western Cape Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Dark berries. Made a nice sauce with short ribs. — 3 months ago

Meerlust

Rubicon Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2006

Wine 1500 🙈 ; opened for World Cup starting 2026 Mexico and South Africa; The cork popped off…; but still managed to get the fine juice out 😉; Vintage 2006, just like the „Summer Fairy Tale“ of the World Cup in Germany; and the wine leaves you wanting more „mehr Lust“, beautifully aged, fine fruit 😋 Wishing everyone a wonderful and peaceful World Cup — 4 months ago

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Max's South Australia Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Blend of Shiraz (64%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (36%). Dark ruby color with purple highlights and a fine garnet rim. Aromas of ripe dark fruit, milk chocolate, mint and a bit of alcohol heat. Flavors of black cherry, currant and raspberry fruit, smoked/cured meat, cola, black pepper and baking spices. Medium-plus finish, slightly chewy tannins and noticeable oak. Creamy texture and quite bold. Thinking that laying this one down for a few years helped it mellow a bit. Solid quality for the price. — 5 months ago

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Xanadu Wines

Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Heavier, richer than the 2018, but seems less pure and shows more ripe plum, very good, but not quite at the level of the 2018, very good. — 3 years ago

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Leeuwin Estate

Art Series Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

Clear and bright. Chalk and zesty lemon. Bright and sharp. Very good — 2 days ago

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Jay Kline

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I think these wines are special and their Chardonnay has taken me to the Beaune multiple times in double-blind tastings

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Bin 389 South Australia Cabernet Shiraz 2020

I think it is too young at this time. Keep it for another 10 years and it will be subtle power! — 3 months ago

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Kanonkop Estate

Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

See earlier notes — 4 months ago

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Koonunga Hill South Australia Shiraz Cabernet 2021

Good but nothing great only buy the small bottles for mid week wines — 5 months ago

Boekenhoutskloof

The Chocolate Block Cinsault Blend 2023

Light fruity aroma, dark red, medium body, dry and succulent, dark fruit flavor, paired nicely with venison. — 8 months ago

Mollydooker Wines

The Maitre D Cabernet Sauvignon

Fruity. Plummy. Grass. At berns steakhouse Tampa — 2 years ago

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Mollydooker Wines

Two Left Feet Shiraz Blend 2015

The other steak night bottle at Nolan’s cabin in the Dells. — 5 years ago

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Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon

Beautiful wine. Still kicking after 30+ yrs. lacking a bit of acidity but tannins are still there. Fully integrated and long. Fish @67 Pall Mall. — 2 months ago

Big Wave Dave

Big Wave Dave

1994. Everything humming. Really improved with air.

Moss Wood

Moss Wood Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1999

Definitely one of the best Cabernet Sauvignons I have had this year - also one of the oldest. What a beautiful perfumed nose - red florals, red fruits, mulberry and Spice. A well balanced medium weight palate with those same aromatics coming through on the palate. Smooth resolved tannins. This is the last of a dozen bought on release in the early 2000’s from an excellent vintage. This is living proof of how good Margaret River Cabernet is for top quality Cab. 2 hours later that beautiful perfumed nose never quits. I wish I had a few more bottles left. I do have a magnum of 1996 which needs to be drunk. 94% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot. — 4 months ago

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Tom Casagrande

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Sounds delicious.
Bob McDonald

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@Tom Casagrande It certainly was Tom. I have had some excellent Moss Wood Cabernets over many years of collecting back to the 1980’s and this was up there with the best of them.
Doug Powers

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@Bob McDonald, I’d substitute “GREAT” for “good” in describing the relative quality of Margaret River Canernet!! (And Chardonnay too!!)

Yalumba

The Cigar Menzies Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Not overly complex but nonetheless delightful. Sweet Coonawarra dusty tannin! — 6 months ago

Yalumba

The Signature Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2006

Lots of mint on the nose (69% Cabernet Sauvignon; 31% Shiraz) together with blackberry. On the palate plenty of drive and power in this Cabernet Shiraz blend - layers of fruit, oak and spice. Rich and full bodied - the perfect accompaniment for a vintage Porterhouse steak - Waygu marbelling. Oak has integrated since the tasting 5 years ago. A pity that it takes 20 years for Yalumba’s Signature red to reach its peak but probably true. Interestingly the wine is matured for 22 months in American, French and Hungarian barrels coopered at Yalumba. This was the last bottle from a dozen originally purchased. — 8 months ago

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An excellent & historical visit.
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@Somm David T I’m sure the Hill-Smiths would have been excellent hosts.

Kanonkop Estate

Paul Sauer Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2018

Bordeaux Blend- Cabernet Sauvignon 70%, Cabernet Franc 15%, Merlot 15% 2018 was wet season and this impacted the normally bold style.
It is still full bodied - deep ruby red colour - but t’s a more lighter, elegant classic style, with blackcurmat red berry and cassis. So what is lost in power is replaced by a more refined and elegant wine.
— 2 years ago

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