Thorn Clarke 2003 Sandpiper Cabernet Sauvignon Sept 05

 

The bouquet is unmistakably Cabernet; it’s dusty, showing green bean, milk chocolate cassis and instant coffee. Tart on the uptake with coffee oak, over sweet and off-sweet fruit finishing with herbaceous notes; overall it is certainly not a sweet wine. Tannins are very fine and completely unobtrusive; it is ready to drink now and unfortunately the flavour, whilst reasonably generous, finishes short on the palate. Rated as Acceptable with *** for value.