Huntington Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz FB39 1997 Friday, Jan 27 2006
Tasting Notes and Australia and Mudgee and Variety and Red and cabernet et al
Soft and cuddly nose: red cherries, cherry liqueur, almost medicinal, with some earthy notes. Palate is true to the nose: red fruits, savoury earth, wood spice, leather, old camphory wood, certainly lots of secondary characters. A wine that is orthogonal to lots of wine on the Australian market at the moment, but when consumed with food, it sits nicely in the background without feeling the need to impress and draw attention to itself.
Actually, I do fear that this was not the best bottle, because for a Huntington this is not terribly old, and it did seem to lack a bit of freshness, so I will be grabbing another bottle from the racks as soon as possible.
Rated : 84 (?) PointsTasted : Jan06
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : $15
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2006 - 2007
Source : Cellar
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One Response to “Huntington Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz FB39 1997”
January 30th, 2006 at 10:15 am
We still have some of the ‘97 Huntingtons floating about. They have been pretty good and holding up very well so far.
GW