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Jacob’s Creek Shiraz Cabernet

January 16, 2012
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I don’t remember the vintage of this bottle, and the photograph I took on my phone isn’t detailed enough to remind me. But I suppose the point of any given Jacob’s Creek wine is that the year of bottling, weather conditions during grape growth and whether or not Belgium had a government when the harvesting [...]

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Some Young Punks Fierce Allure 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon

January 9, 2012
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This all-Australian (but international in outlook) Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the best of a pretty good (and very big) batch of wines I tried over the Christmas period. Among some solid Rioja and Bordeaux it was nice to try an Australian varietal I wouldn’t normally favour, and to find it full of character and flavour. [...]

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Klein Constantia Marlbrook 2007

November 9, 2011
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Plenty of French wine has passed my lips recently, which meant the powerful presence of this interesting South African blend caught me unaware. For some reason I wasn’t expecting a whole lot. I thought this Bordeaux-style combo of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc would be pleasant enough but no more. It’s a [...]

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Goats Do Roam – The Goatfather, 2009

July 14, 2011
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Such is the success of the Goats Do Roam label in capturing the imagination of the humour-starved wine world that its brand name redirects to an actual ‘Wine humour‘ page on Wikipedia. The page isn’t that long, but good on Charles Back for getting his name on there. I remember Goats Do Roam from my [...]

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Cossetto Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

June 13, 2011
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Croatia’s not exactly on the main stage when it comes to wine but over the past couple of years, they have begun to make their voices and wines heard on the international scene. The most famous region is probably the Dalmatian Coast but I visited the Istrian peninsula over the recent Easter holidays and found [...]

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Neblina Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 Central Valley

May 5, 2011
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I recently went to my local Majestic Wine Warehouse and decided to repay them for the kindness of the free introductory wine course I attended last year by actually buying some of their wine. In recent years they’ve reduced the minimum bottle purchase from 12 to 6 and have, in one fell swoop, managed to [...]

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La Campagne Récolte Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 from Wareham Wine/s

February 7, 2011
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The Saxon Walled Town of Wareham™ is just a hop skip and a jump from my relatively-fresh, idyllic seaside location in Poole, and unlike Poole its town centre boasts its own wine shop, of sorts. It’s called Wareham Wine, or Wareham Wines, depending on wether you believe the sign above the window or the one [...]

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A Chilled out Santa Julia Cabernet 2010

January 8, 2011
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It was summer in Buenos Aires and we were experiencing a heat wave: temperatures at 35°C and above are not much fun unless you’re sitting by the pool. Luckily, I’ve got a friend with a pool and so I went to visit her while I was there. Most people think: summer, hot, heat, need a [...]

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Calvet Reserve Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 Bordeaux

December 5, 2010
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Last time I took a chance on a French wine on offer at a supermarket, it was very very bad. Despite allegedly costing £10 full price (yeah right), the resulting liquid was harsh, vinegary and acidic. Certainly not worth the £5 I shelled out for it, lured in by the indecipherable olde worlde label. Nevertheless, [...]

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2006 Shelmerdine Cabernet Sauvignon

November 9, 2010
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A wine that does everything you’d require it to, Shelmerdine‘s Cabernet Sauvignon is a formidable beast worthy of the name Cab Sav and living up to all the expectations of strength and structure you’d have for such a wine from Australia – a land where they certainly know how to breed a hearty red. A [...]

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Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008

October 9, 2010
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Wine blending is an art. Successfully harmonising two different grape varieties into one wine can produce fantastic tastes that trade off the positive characteristics of each and tone down any negatives. Equally possible is an uninspiring blend either completely dominated by one of its constituent grapes, or, worse, an ill-judged marriage that brings out the [...]

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