Bowen Estate

Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

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  Vintage 2009
  94 points www.winecompanion.com.au

Strong, bright purple-crimson; like the Shiraz, is a great return to form, with pristine cabernet varietal fruit on the medium-bodied palate, the finish lengthened and strengthened by fine, ripe tannins.

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  Vintage 2009
  93 points www.winefront.com

There’s good depth of fruit here. And quite a deal of grunty tannin. I’d be willing to bet that this release will age over a decade or more – cork permitting. It tastes of blackcurrant and eucalypt, cedary/toasty oak and sweet spices. It’s grainy and muscular and (for a Coonawarra cabernet) big, but it’s also structured and punchy through the finish. It is too young to drink now. But in four or five year’s time it should be quite lovely.