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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.

 

 

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