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1997 Clarendon Hills Cabernet Sauvignon Clarendon
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1997 Clarendon Hills Cabernet Sauvignon Clarendon

Producer: Clarendon Hills
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Cabernet Sauvignon
Origin: Australia
Region: McLaren Vale

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87 Points | International Wine Cellar , July/August 1999

Bright red-ruby. Pungent aromas of raspberry, smoked meat and spices. Sweetish flavors of raspberry, cooked strawberry, currant, clove and pepper; quite aromatic in the mouth. Has good texture but finishes with some dry-edged wood tannins and odd notes of eucalyptus oil and strawberry candy. Just 15% new oak used for this wine.

88 Points | Wine Spectator
90 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon built its reputation on Bordeaux's Left Bank. Here, in the district of Medoc, the varietal is the key component of blended wines that also may include some Merlot and Cabernet Franc, and even Malbec and Petit Verdot. Moving slightly south, Cabernet Sauvignon meets Merlot in roughly equal proportions in the red wines of Graves. In both of these Bordeaux regions, the top bottles...
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