Flemings 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Jan 04

I had never heard of this wine and it came to me via a recommendation from Mark Wickman. David Fleming is a winemaker who sources his grapes from Langhorne Creek.

The bouquet is dominated by three scents, black berry tarry fruit, mint and a little vanilla. It also smells clean! It’s a muscular weight wine with lots of slightly powdery tannins that are already smooth and fine grained, the acid is very fresh and there is enough fruit to complete the package; in short its well balanced and constructed which will ensure it improves over the next five years or so. It’s intensely savoury on the uptake showing plum and blackberry with a sweet mid palate comprising chocolate and subtle blackcurrant and mint to finish; interesting flavour complexity.

It’s rated as Recommended with **** for value and the rating has room for improvement as the wine matures, it does need some time to settle down and come together.