Philip White 94++ Points!
Philip White 94++ Points!"Wow. As pretty as the very best Cabernet franc to sniff, with all its lavender and freesia and musk, this sweetheart straightforwardly rivets one. After that perfectly natural aromatic decoy-oration, the squashed berries seem to ooze up through some real gentle woodsmoke-and-ginger oak. It's pretty as a picture. Blueberry. Nightshades. Eau-decologne mint. Olive leaf. Fresh-ground white
pepper all sit in there quite comfortably. But while
this is only a beautiful drink, this is no still life, and it'll never understand how many creases it etches in your face and your wallet, just protecting it from
your mates. You know there's gonna be trouble.
So at the risk of sounding like John Mellion selling
beer (bring up the trumpets and strings), if you
can't resist drinking one straight away, at least you'll have the luxury, (louder VO) once you're both a
decade older, (much louder VO and ORCH) of
remembering what life was like away back on the
other side of this troubled adolescence. (BASS
CH) It's slender, silky-then-velvety, whimsical,
impossible ... as elegant as all get out ... and
Cabernet like only the old north-west Barossa can
grow (CYMBALS) ... Ka-boom! Just sit down for
a while son. I reckon this'll really rock around 2020.
Start making plans."
Philip White, July 2012
Country:
Australia
Region:
SA- Barossa Valley
Variety:
Wine Red - Cabernet
Size:
750mL