St. Andrews
40th Anniversary Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
Other Vintages:
None
Complex and elegant, offering rich fruit characters of cassis and blackcurrant with earthy nuances. French oak giving hints of cedar and tobacco to finish.
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Wine Colour
At release, the wine is a deep red crimson with a dense black heart.
Wine Bouquet
At release, the wine is bright, polished, perfectly poised and proudly varietal, presenting a swathe of cassis, cedar, fragrant mint and dry tobacco leaf characters on the bouquet.
Wine Palate
At release, this wine displays all the hallmarks of a distinguished wine from an exceptional vintage. The palate shows a wine of real presence whose intricate complexities give way to an alluring delicacy. It finishes long, lithe and pure and exemplifies a refined varietal structure that is a feature of great Cabernet Sauvignon.
Cellaring Notes
Crafted to be approachable at release yet will benefit from careful cellaring to 2025, possibly longer.
| Acidity: |
6.5 g/L |
| Alcohol Percent: |
14% |
| PH: |
3.47 |
| Region: |
Clare Valley |
Reviews for 0
James Halliday, Wine Companion 2011, September 2010
Good colour; a very well made and balanced wine that has clear-cut varietal expression on both bouquet and the medium-bodied palate, blackcurrant, cassis and cedar intermingling, the tannins fine and oak balanced and integrated.
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Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, December 2010
The 2006 St Andrews 40th Anniversary Release Cabernet Sauvignon provides a deep garnet color with a hint of purple in the rim and a very fragrant nose with notes of red rose petals, lavender, black pepper and kirsch over warm cassis and a whiff of menthol. Crisp, rich and full with firm fine-grained tannins, it has plenty of complex fruit in the mid-palate with a long spicy finish (cloves and nutmeg coming through). Drinking wonderfully now, it should continue to be delicious through 2022+.
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