2018 Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon (Magnum)
95 Points Aaron Brasher, The Real Review
A lovely dark, deep purple in colour. Brambly blackberries, pencil shavings, cedary, dried herbs, bay leaf, classic cabernet aromas, really complex, aromatic and evocative. Flavours are medium to full-bodied, there's a lovely balance between the black fruits, dried herbs, dark olive and the complexing, ripe herbaceousness of the variety and the granular, textured tannins that shape the wine. Lovely length and grip—a serious ‘luncheon claret’.
95 Points Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon has an intensity in the mouth that comes from concentrated, ripe, balanced fruit, not from an effort to extract tannin via oak or maceration. This is framed by prominent tannin, but it does so in a very natural, easy way. It is supple, pliable, chewy (good) and flexible in the mouth, resplendent with raspberry, pomegranate, cassis and hints of saltbush and juniper.
94 Campbell Mattinson, Halliday Wine Companion
92% cabernet sauvignon, 5% petit verdot, 3% malbec. 4 weeks on skins. 40% new French oak for 14 months. Olive paste, gum leaf and blackcurrant flavours flow slowly into cedar wood and vanilla cream, the latter more texture than overt flavour. It sits at the upper end of medium weight, the flavours cruising through the mouth with confident ease.
95 Points Aaron Brasher, The Real Review
A lovely dark, deep purple in colour. Brambly blackberries, pencil shavings, cedary, dried herbs, bay leaf, classic cabernet aromas, really complex, aromatic and evocative. Flavours are medium to full-bodied, there's a lovely balance between the black fruits, dried herbs, dark olive and the complexing, ripe herbaceousness of the variety and the granular, textured tannins that shape the wine. Lovely length and grip—a serious ‘luncheon claret’.
95 Points Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon has an intensity in the mouth that comes from concentrated, ripe, balanced fruit, not from an effort to extract tannin via oak or maceration. This is framed by prominent tannin, but it does so in a very natural, easy way. It is supple, pliable, chewy (good) and flexible in the mouth, resplendent with raspberry, pomegranate, cassis and hints of saltbush and juniper.
94 Campbell Mattinson, Halliday Wine Companion
92% cabernet sauvignon, 5% petit verdot, 3% malbec. 4 weeks on skins. 40% new French oak for 14 months. Olive paste, gum leaf and blackcurrant flavours flow slowly into cedar wood and vanilla cream, the latter more texture than overt flavour. It sits at the upper end of medium weight, the flavours cruising through the mouth with confident ease.
95 Points Aaron Brasher, The Real Review
A lovely dark, deep purple in colour. Brambly blackberries, pencil shavings, cedary, dried herbs, bay leaf, classic cabernet aromas, really complex, aromatic and evocative. Flavours are medium to full-bodied, there's a lovely balance between the black fruits, dried herbs, dark olive and the complexing, ripe herbaceousness of the variety and the granular, textured tannins that shape the wine. Lovely length and grip—a serious ‘luncheon claret’.
95 Points Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon has an intensity in the mouth that comes from concentrated, ripe, balanced fruit, not from an effort to extract tannin via oak or maceration. This is framed by prominent tannin, but it does so in a very natural, easy way. It is supple, pliable, chewy (good) and flexible in the mouth, resplendent with raspberry, pomegranate, cassis and hints of saltbush and juniper.
94 Campbell Mattinson, Halliday Wine Companion
92% cabernet sauvignon, 5% petit verdot, 3% malbec. 4 weeks on skins. 40% new French oak for 14 months. Olive paste, gum leaf and blackcurrant flavours flow slowly into cedar wood and vanilla cream, the latter more texture than overt flavour. It sits at the upper end of medium weight, the flavours cruising through the mouth with confident ease.
