Description

Yalumba The Cigar Cabernet Sauvignon, Menzies Estate Vineyard, Coonawarra, Australia, 2020

Grape: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon with 16 months in French oak (17% new)

Producer Tasting Note:

Blood plum red in colour, medium to full depth in hue. The bouquet shows bright cherry, chocolate and musk aromas supported by savoury cedar oak. Vibrant with blueberries and rhubarb, the palate is balanced by chocolate and mint with the tannins having a mouth-filling, praline-like texture. A long and lingering finish.

The Cigar Cabernet Sauvignon is named after the unique cigar-shaped strip of rich terra rossa soil that defines the famous Coonawarra wine region.

Critics' Tasting Notes:

"Graphite, herb and mint on the nose, blackcurrant, blackberry and cassis on the polished palate."

91/100 points (Silver), Decanter World Wine Awards, 2024

"It feels good, and it tastes good. Indeed it's one of the plusher expressions of cabernet that you'll encounter. Blackcurrant, black olive, spearmint and sweet, smoky, resiny cedar characters put on a lovely show here. Anise and tobacco notes complete the picture.You can't go wrong." Drink by 2034

94/100 points, Campbell Mattinson, James Halliday's Wine Companion

Food Match:

Barbecued lamb loin chops or chickpea, mushroom and pine nut burgers with a red onion and tomato salsa.

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