Pirramimma 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon SAMay08 will sell for $26.50 when it is released shortly and is sealed under cork. The bouquet is dusty, tight, and deep with coffee oak, and blackcurrant. One sniff and you know this is a serious wine. The silky tannins are lovely and are beautifully matched to the pure, deeply-seated, strong fruit. It's a muscular-weight, supple wine with a tight and solid structure and a well developed complexity. The juicy fruit with its dark chocolate and blackberry flavours is sufficient to eventually absorb the oak. It is consistent with McLaren Vale Cabernet but comes across more as a big red rather than a varietal Coonawarra style Cabernet. Rated as Highly Recommended with **** for value, the rating may improve as the wine reaches its peak drinking window between 2013 and 2020.