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2008 Yalumba Cabernet Sauvignon The Cigar The Menzies Coonawarra
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2008 Yalumba Cabernet Sauvignon The Cigar The Menzies Coonawarra

Producer: Yalumba
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Cabernet Sauvignon
Origin: Australia
Region: Australia

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90 Points | International Wine Cellar , September/October 2011

Opaque violet.  Black and blue fruits on the smoky, floral-accented nose.  Lush and expansive in the mouth, with very good depth to its cherry and blackcurrant flavors.  Silky tannins come on late and add grip and focus to the long, spicy finish.  This drinks very well now with an hour or so of decanting.

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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