Cape Mentelle 2000 Cabernet Sauvignon PlonkOz04

The bouquet is expressive, intensely dusty and with green bean characters its screams Cabernet and even a rank amateur would notice the copious quantities of tannins from the nose. The quality, sweet fruit is up to the task and whilst it finishes with mouth puckering drying tannins, in time the complexity should build as the fruit emerges. A truly varietal, well-made, medium-weight, well-balanced, clean wine it is a long-term job and should best be drunk in about 2011 and beyond. Rated as Highly Recommended with ** for value it has character unlike the Shiraz.