Chapoutier Australia 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon – April 2003

Wine tasted completely blind

This has got to be a Cabernet; the nose is dominated by dusty French oak with good red/blue fruit and mint.

A just ample weight very young wine that needs a fair bit of time for the dominant dusty tannins to settle and integrate but the fruit is up to the task. On the palate the solid layered structure is obvious and the wine will be all the better for it in the future. Initially the flavour profile is slightly sweet but it goes sour and then slightly savoury, an interesting complex package with some refinement.

Rated as Recommended with *** for value (at $25) this wine is worth serious consideration.