Brookland Valley Unison Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
UNDER HALF PRICE MULTIPLE GOLD MEDAL WINNER & 95 POINT RATED AT SYDNEY ROYAL WINE SHOW 2014.
- GOLD MEDAL & 95 PTS SYDNEY ROYAL WINE SHOW.
- GOLD MEDAL ROYAL HOBART WINE SHOW.
- OUTPOINTS WOLF BLASS BLACK LABEL $130 A BTL.
- JAMES HALLIDAY WINERY OF THE YEAR 2009.
- FIVE RED STAR JAMES HALLIDAY RATED WINERY.
- UNDER HALF PRICE SAVE $156 ON A DOZEN BUY.
Vintage: | 2011 |
Source/Region: | MARGARET RIVER, WESTERN AUSTRALIA. |
Grape Variety: | Cabernet Sauvignon |
Cellaring: | DRINK NOW. CELLAR OVER 7 YEARS. |
Bottle Top: | STELVIN |
Alcohol Content: | 13.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.00 |
Rating: | 95 |
The wine shows aromas of blackcurrant and blackberry, complemented by notes of bay leaf, black olive and hints of dark chocolate and spice. The palate exhibits supple tannins, complemented with generous fruit flavours.
Powerful cassis, plum and mulberry flavours are balanced with more savoury notes of black olive and bay leaf, with some hints of dried herb and tobacco.
With a hot growing season, timely rainfall in Margaret River saw the fruit ripen in top condition. Careful monitoring of the fruit was required to ensure flavour and it was picked at its peak.
The fruit was harvested at ideal ripeness and the wine shows full, rich, round flavours and fine, persistent, supple tannins. It was fermented in open fermenters and pressed directly to Bordeaux coopered French oak for maturation over 10 months.
RATE 92 POINTS JAMES HALLIDAY, WINE COMPANION 2014:
"Bright crimson-purple; an elegant cabernet with a fragrant, cassis accented bouquet and a medium bodied, fresh palate with a continuation of the cassis and redcurrant fruit theme of the bouquet, tannins and oak minor players."
RATED 90 POINTS GARY WALSH, THE WINE FRONT, MAY 2013.
"Chocolate and nougat, wet cement, bay leaf, dark berries - typical Margaret River perfume and flavours. Medium bodied, silky and well managed tannin, with some slight balsamic notes lurking in the background, but good length and overall delivery here. A polished regional wine delivering solid drinking pleasure."
With its gold medal at the 2014 SYDNEY ROYAL WINE SHOW Brookland Valley Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 beat...
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Houghton Jack Mann Cab Sauv 2011 ($110FIVE RED STARS
(JAMES HALLIDAY, WINE COMPANION 2014)
"The quality, and consistency, of the wines has been exemplary."
WINERY OF THE YEAR
(JAMES HALLIDAY, WINE COMPANION 2009)
RATED 92 POINTS
(JAMES HALLIDAY, WINE COMPANION 2014).
"Bright crimson-purple; an elegant cabernet with a fragrant, cassis-accented bouquet and a medium-bodied, fresh palate with a continuation of the cassis and redcurrant fruit theme of the bouquet, tannins and oak minor players."
RATED 90 POINTS
(GARY WALSH, THE WINE FRONT, MAY 2013).
"Chocolate and nougat, wet cement, bay leaf, dark berries – typical Margaret River perfume and flavours. Medium bodied, silky and well managed tannin, with some slight balsamic notes lurking in the background, but good length and overall delivery here. A polished regional wine delivering solid drinking pleasure."
GOLD MEDAL
SYDNEY ROYAL WINE SHOW 2014.
ROYAL HOBART WINE SHOW 2013.
On the wine show circuit the Brookland Valley Unison Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 outpointed...
Wolf Blass Black Label Cab Shiraz 2011 ($130)
Houghton Jack Mann Cab Sauv 2011 ($110)
Bird in Hand Nest Egg Cab Sauv 2010 (95 Pts. J.H. $95)
Jim Barry The Benbournie Cab Sauv 2010 (95 Pts. J.H. $90)
Wolf Blass Black Label Cab Shiraz 2009 (94 Pts. J.H. $130)
Houghton Jack Mann Cab Sauv 2011 ($110)
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