Stella Bella 2000 Cabernet Merlot – April 03

Wine tasted blind

Attractive bouquet showing dusty oak, sweet berry fruit with savoury rich coffee essence, mint and subtle mocha.

Ample weight wine with soft consistency and just enough creamy tannins to hold it together, the wine whilst maintaining reasonable balance is ready to drink now. It comes across as a crowd pleasing inoffensive wine with reasonably rich palate flavours even if they don’t have great complexity or length. Rated as Agreeable with *** it will have mass market appeal for its easy quaff-ability.