Wine and a cricket
match! What else could be better? Well, I don’t know! Probably a couple of
things!? Cricket, of course is beyond reproach. However this combination might
not be this compelling. But first some info: The vines for this Cabernet
Sauvignon were planted on a former Cricket Pitch in Coonawarra, in the shape of
the pitch, on the most southern corner of South Australia. The soils are the famous Coonawarra "terra rossa" and limestone.
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Drive was a typical light body South Australian Cabernet Sauvignon. It had a
lot of fruit, was soft, approachable and showed plenty of fruit sweetness. The
colour appeared very dark purple and murky. The nose was fruitful, a bit heat
stressed, ingratiating and pretty random. Not much to say about it. Probably
not so tempting, at least for me. The taste showed a quite a lot of crude
tannins, plenty of fruit sweetness (a bit too much, again for me) of black currant and dark
cherries and appeared very modern and easy going. The body wasn’t very
concentrated and the oak not really present. At least the acid seemed pretty
well integrated and provided this wine with a certain amount of life. All in
all a bit dull and faceless Aussie Cab. I suppose I’d rather prefer a decently strong,
earthy and well-structured Cabernet Sauvignon for a nice Cricket Match!
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