ShottesbrookeReserve Proprietor Cabernet Blend 2012
About this product
- TypeRed Blend
- Size750mL
- RegionMcLaren Vale
- Current Vintage2012
- Standard Drinks8.6
- Alcohol Volume14.5%
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameShottesbrooke
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessDry
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2012
95 points
9% cabernet sauvignon, 42% merlot, 9% malbec. It's soft and fluid, but dry herb characters and dusty tannin help afford it a seriousness. This isn't going to let anyone down. It was matured in both American and French oak but, thankfully, oak doesn't have a major say in the flavour profile. Dark berried fruit, well formed and structured, is the hero.
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Mike Bennie
Australian writer, judge, presenter and reviewer for The Wine Front
Vintage 2012
92 points
Chocky-mocha richness in bouquet, dark berries, leather and liquorice, faint green capsicum/green herbs. Dusty spicy wood faint over dark fruits in palate, real palate stainer here, generous in flavour, smooth in texture, finishes with bustle of spice and coffee ground tannins. Nicely done. Big red, with drinkability on its side.