XanaduReserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
Dry, Full Bodied style of Cabernet Sauvignon
Margaret River, Australia
About this product
Dry, Full Bodied style of Cabernet SauvignonMargaret River, Australia
- TypeCabernet Sauvignon
- Size750mL
- RegionMargaret River
- Current Vintage2013
- Standard Drinks8.3
- Alcohol Volume14.0%
- CountryAustralia
- StateWestern Australia
- Brand NameXanadu
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
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Gary Walsh
Australian writer and reviewer for The Wine Front
Vintage 2013
92 points
Dark fruit, bay and spice, chocolate, aniseed – perfumed and brooding at once. Full bodied, but smooth wine, with grainy tannin and fresh acidity – quite perky even – dark chocolate and mulberry flavours. Length is good with crisp acidity ringing on the finish. I’m a way off jumping up and down crying ‘Give me more!’, perhaps more ‘Yeah, that’s pretty good.’ With time, may come together better.
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Dan Murphy's Wine Panel
Australia's premier retail wine assessment panel
Vintage 2013
96 points
The early signs for this wine were good, but, as a youngster, it always seemed that cellaring would bring out its best. Now, as of September 2021, it's fulfilling its potential. Still surprisingly youthful in colour, the flavours have mellowed, the tannins have settled and its wonderful balance, regional and varietal typicity have emerged. Cabernet cassis and Margaret River bay leaf layered with mulberries, exotic spices, a chocolate inference, and overall plummy fleshiness are just some of the highlights. Intense and long, and with a developing elegance - from ugly duckling to stylish swan, you might say.
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