2016 Xanadu 'Stevens Road' Cabernet Sauvignon
98 Points James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
A single parcel of fruit from the bottom of Block 3, which consistently produces some of the best Xanadu cabernet each vintage, separately fermented and treated with kid gloves, matured in French oak (38% new) for 14 months. Top gold National Wine Show '18. Beautifully made, and you can see the quality of the fruit shining through like a beacon, supple and fine, cassis to the fore, touches of bay leaf and herb barely glimpsed.
96 points Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Deepish red colour with a good purple tint. The bouquet is classy: violets and blue fruits, red berries as well, all in harmony and no sign of greenness. Oak is there but in harmony; the palate full-bodied and intense with penetrating drive and refreshing properties. A lovely wine: focused and intense, persistent and very elegant, the tannins fine and discreet but very present.
98 Points James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
A single parcel of fruit from the bottom of Block 3, which consistently produces some of the best Xanadu cabernet each vintage, separately fermented and treated with kid gloves, matured in French oak (38% new) for 14 months. Top gold National Wine Show '18. Beautifully made, and you can see the quality of the fruit shining through like a beacon, supple and fine, cassis to the fore, touches of bay leaf and herb barely glimpsed.
96 points Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Deepish red colour with a good purple tint. The bouquet is classy: violets and blue fruits, red berries as well, all in harmony and no sign of greenness. Oak is there but in harmony; the palate full-bodied and intense with penetrating drive and refreshing properties. A lovely wine: focused and intense, persistent and very elegant, the tannins fine and discreet but very present.
98 Points James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion
A single parcel of fruit from the bottom of Block 3, which consistently produces some of the best Xanadu cabernet each vintage, separately fermented and treated with kid gloves, matured in French oak (38% new) for 14 months. Top gold National Wine Show '18. Beautifully made, and you can see the quality of the fruit shining through like a beacon, supple and fine, cassis to the fore, touches of bay leaf and herb barely glimpsed.
96 points Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Deepish red colour with a good purple tint. The bouquet is classy: violets and blue fruits, red berries as well, all in harmony and no sign of greenness. Oak is there but in harmony; the palate full-bodied and intense with penetrating drive and refreshing properties. A lovely wine: focused and intense, persistent and very elegant, the tannins fine and discreet but very present.
