Arrowfield Estate ‘The Authors’ Cabernet Merlot 2004 Monday, Jul 10 2006
Tasting Notes and Hunter Valley and Australia and McLaren Vale and King Valley and Variety and Red and cabernet et al
This is one of a new range of wines just released by Arrowfield Estate called ‘The Authors’. They are all priced at $16.99. I have knocked off the two reds first - it’s cold. The cabernet merlot is a blend of fruit from McLaren Vale, King Valley and the Hunter Valley. A strange brew no doubt, but one that works particularily well here, and at this price point I am more inclined to look for a good drink rather than regionality.
Aromas of cassis, tobacco, earth and a little chocolate and mint. A good smelling wine with perhaps a tiny whiff of the stable adding some complexity. On the palate it has flavours of ripe blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco and earth. Round and quite sweet with fine soft tannins and a finish of good length with a rather tasty blackcurrant and tobacco aftertaste. This is a full flavoured ‘drink me now’ cabernet blend that offers plenty of complexity and interest for well under a lobster.
Rated : 90 Points
Tasted : Jul06
Alcohol : 14%
Price : $16.99
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2006 - 2008
Source : Winery Sample
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