The Musician Coonwarra Cabernet-Shiraz Blend

This wine must be the best value red in Coonawarra and also from the great 2018 vintage. Excellent value at $17.50 per bottle. Initial aromas of mint and blackberry. Excellent structure for such an inexpensive red. Bought this at the Cellar Door exactly a year ago when we were in Coonawarra doing vintage at Bellwether. Around 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Shiraz. Weirdly, another thing I liked was the really light empty glass bottle.

2012 - jam on the nose, smooth, warm on the way down. fresh berries. general freshness. chocolate too.

Real peppery and herbal on nose, medicinal I would say. Palate is suave but with a bit too much added acidity spiking through, nonetheless gobs of black cherry and cassis fruit, and fairly balanced, a decent drink! 2011 Vintage

This is a lovely Aussie number. Fruit and spicy pepper come together in a lively yet balanced wine.

Cab Shiraz is not a blend I seek out generally, but this wine has become a staple in our area thanks to its annual presence at the Vancouver International Wine Festival. It is, in fact, a very nice blend of red and black fruit with a high red plum note coming through most clearly for me. The shiraz offers smoothing here, I think, rather than any distinct spiciness. I guess in the way that merlot adds a grounding to a blend, but without the earthiness. This music is all up in the trees. There's even a light tree bark note that completes the analogy. Very nice!

Excellent value for money

Quite nice, has body, lightly fruity. Very pleasant with a nice spice to it

Slightly sweet

2013 chez Gayl et Tom Porter, Dalkeith, Perth, WA

One of the nicest cab blends I have enjoyed in a long time. Went extremely well with a strip loin steak at the Keg Steakhouse