Price: $22.80 from Dan Murphy's
Closure: Screwcap; 14.5% alcohol
E-Hern:
Score: 92
Value: *****
A wine from Brokenwood, which really is the worst type of wood to get.
Quite obvious fading in colour around the rim of the wine. Dark fruits on the nose, quite a bit of dark chocolately oak most probably from the McLaren Vale component of the wine. Some vanilla nuances which are pleasantly balanced. Palate initially came across as lean especially on the mid-palate. Think the Merlot component could be increased. Rather strong tannins apparent on the finish. Somehow with some aeration, the whole wine fleshed out and was in much better balance. After some time, it became a truly enjoyable wine, the fruit was in better prominence balancing all the other aspects of the wine.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Brokenwood Cabernet Merlot, McLaren Vale Alpine Valley Beechworth 2005
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3 comments:
Wow...you're on a roll....have not seen you regularly writing tasting notes last year.....keep it coming....
haha.. yeah man! One of my 2010 resolutions is to update my blog more often. I've got a huge backlog of tasting notes that i'll slowly publish now and then so visit the blog often. =) hope you're doing well.
Yeah, I will....Just enjoying reading wine blogs nowadays.....Hope you're doing well too....I'm drinking mostly champagnes now....
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