Glen Eldon 2001 Barossa Cabernet Aug 04

The grapes for this wine come from 40-year-old Barossa vines and the wine was matured in a combination of French and American Oak. Coffee from both ripe fruit and oak dominate the bouquet. A muscular-weight wine that is well backed by abundant, drying tannins and obvious, distinct fruit showing plums, coffee, dark chocolate, cinnamon, blackberry, more coffee; there is nothing sweet in the flavour profile, its not simple either and the persistence of finish is very good. I was told the objective was to let the fruit speak and use the oak to compliment the wine. This objective has been met and despite the fact that it is a nice wine now, it needs a couple of years to build some further complexity. Rated as Recommended with **** for value, the rating should improve as the wine matures.