Fox Gordon
King Louis Cabernet Sauvignon
Barossa Valley, Barossa, South Australia, Australia
Compared directly to the 2014 Brothers and Sisters (B&S).
You can tell immediately that both wines have been cut from the same cloth. Both share the same vibrancy of fruit with cassis flavours predominating. The King adds some blueberry notes that are missing from the B&S, and tastes slightly sweeter as a result. There is also an intensity and depth to the fruit in the King that the B&S lacks. This difference is mirrored in the bouquet, with the King smelling intensely aromatic, with some subtle cedar overtones. The secondary flavour profile is also slightly different. The King is missing some of the mid-palate complexity and the balance that comes so effortlessly to the B&S. The B&S is dark and brooding where the King is still a little more lively, the sweetness of the attack masking the savoury mid-palate to some extent. The secondary flavours of the King include tar, liquorice nutmeg and bramble, the balance still coming together. The finish is quite distinct, with the King displaying an intense and long black current Pastille like finish. The tannins are also more prominent, as would be expected. Fine and dusty and perfectly structured at this stage of its development, softening appreciably after a 3hr decant.
A lovely wine, but I’m happy to put this one away for a few years to develop, while I enjoy the B&S.
Compared directly to the 2014 Brothers and Sisters (B&S).
You can tell immediately that both wines have been cut from the same cloth. Both share the same vibrancy of fruit with cassis flavours predominating. The King adds some blueberry notes that are missing from the B&S, and tastes slightly sweeter as a result. There is also an intensity and depth to the fruit in the King that the B&S lacks. This difference is mirrored in the bouquet, with the King smelling intensely aromatic, with some subtle cedar overtones. The secondary flavour profile is also slightly different. The King is missing some of the mid-palate complexity and the balance that comes so effortlessly to the B&S. The B&S is dark and brooding where the King is still a little more lively, the sweetness of the attack masking the savoury mid-palate to some extent. The secondary flavours of the King include tar, liquorice nutmeg and bramble, the balance still coming together. The finish is quite distinct, with the King displaying an intense and long black current Pastille like finish. The tannins are also more prominent, as would be expected. Fine and dusty and perfectly structured at this stage of its development, softening appreciably after a 3hr decant.
A lovely wine, but I’m happy to put this one away for a few years to develop, while I enjoy the B&S.