Lindeman'sCoonawarra Trio Pyrus Cabernet Blend 2006
Dry, Full Bodied style of Cabernet Franc Merlot
Coonawarra, Australia
About this product
Dry, Full Bodied style of Cabernet Franc MerlotCoonawarra, Australia
- TypeCabernet Franc Merlot
- Size750mL
- RegionCoonawarra
- Current Vintage2006
- Standard Drinks8.3
- Alcohol Volume14.0%
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameLindeman's
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
Gold - Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2008
- More about Campbell Mattinson
Campbell Mattinson
Award winning Australian wine reviewer for Wine Companion and winefront.com.au
Vintage 2006
95 points www.winefront.com.au
The blend this year is seventy per cent cabernet sauvignon, seventeen per cent cabernet franc and thirteen per cent merlot. It's matured for fifteen months in all-French oak, with about eighty per cent of that oak new. The recipe has worked superbly for this vintage. The winemaking team likes the cabernet to dominate this wine, so that it comes across as 'strong and long'. If that's the aim then the cabernet has done a cracking job. It has gorgeous, layered, expansive tannin and a rich flood of chocolate, blackcurrant and dried herb-like flavours. Exquisite length. Mint lifts off the nose, in a positive way. And the integration of oak is outstanding. Pyrus doesn't always light my fire ... but I really like this release. I love the fact that it's under screwcap too. Not the most concentrated wine on the market - it's juicy and medium weight, so if you're looking for a monster look elsewhere - but lovely style and length.
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