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Kilikanoon Blocks
Road 2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Aug 03 sells
for $27 at CD. It exhibited sweet cassis fruit, almost dusty oak, milk
chocolate, sweet mint and eucalyptus on the bouquet. Smooth ultra fine grained
unobtrusive tannins do a good job of hiding but they are there to provide a
solid backbone and supple consistency to this ample weight wine with an agreeable level of
complexity. The palate is a bit of a surprise due to the sweet characteristics
of the bouquet. Taste is very savoury berry on the attack, milk chocolate and
some sweet berry flavours on the mid palate with dark, almost bitter chocolate
on the finish. Not exactly varietally correct but a nice well made Cabernet
(that lacks distinction) but one that should get better with time. Rated as Recommended with *** for
value. It should enter its drinking window in a few years.
Copyright © Ric Einstein 2003
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