- Red Wine
- Cabernet Blend
Cabernet Blend
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
97
Hickinbotham's take on the Australian classic blend, and it carries the flag well. An inky purple in colour, an array of aromatics that include plush plum...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
A classical nose of blackberry, violets and cigar box like spice. The palate is medium to full bodied with a youthful core of drying, graphite edged tannin that has a...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
A punchy and spicy number that enjoys its youthful disposition but still flies the varietal Cabernet Merlot flag; the colour is a vibrant deep red with a nose of blackberry,...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
A dusty and drying nose of cassis, earth and some pencil shavings. There is juicy acidity that works well with concentrated blackberry; some faint unsweetened liquorice, mocha and malty tannins...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
86
The nose shows blackcurrant and bitter dark cocoa, the palate is varietal and lean with a savoury edge to dark berry fruits. Tannins are fine, but do leave there mark...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
88
Blackberry meets plum, dark chocolate and bramble on the nose. The palate is medium bodied with a core of sweet dark berry fruits that are pulled back into line by...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
84
The nose is lean in terms of fruit and somewhat confected with sweet oak influences. The dark fruits are completely overwhelmed by the impact of drying, smokey oak the gives...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
An inky dark red in the glass with a nose that is true to the wines name, baking spice with dark chocolate and a touch of wood smoke meld with...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
A vibrant red in the glass, the nose gives graphite and blackberry with cedar and bramble. Cabernet shines through on the palate with finely textured black fruits, silky tannins and...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
The quintessential Australian blend, but don't be fooled there is the structure and class that has a stylistic nod to Bordeaux. The wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (62%),...