Wynns

John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

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  Vintage 2012
  97 points

Deep red with a good touch of purple: an excellent colour. There are ripe blackberry fruit aromas, clean and intense, with a touch of violets. The wine is concentrated and deep in the mouth, with muscle and grip, all in acceptable balance. The wine is firm and slightly sinewy in tannin, tight and elegant, the grip and flavour continuing long after the wine has left the mouth. It's not a very big wine, but concentrated. It demands patience, as the tannins are dominant and the flavours are yet to fully emerge. It has a big cellaring future. A superb wine - but not ready yet. Cellar it!

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  Vintage 2012
  98 points

Deep crimson. Intense dark cherry, blackcurrant herb aromas with espresso, mocha notes. Inky rich, supple and classic with beautiful pure dark berry, mulberry, chinotto notes, fine grained tannins and underlying mocha oak. Finishes al dente firm with a long graphite plume. A beautifully balanced wine with superb freshness, texture, modulated power and vinosity. Outstanding.