2001 'Pimpala Vineyard' CABERNET MERLOT

This wine can be a little closed immediately after pulling the cork, so offer it some time to breathe and you will be rewarded. Being 7 years old (at the time of writing these notes) there are some wonderful complex developed characters beginning to occur. There is still some quite primary varietal Cabernet aromas coming through, but they soon meld with the seductive chocolate, mint and coffee bouquet which become more evident with time in the glass. The palate has surprising youthfulness in its structure, due to the higher than normal natural tannin and acid from this unique vineyard. It holds the wine together very well and offers up excellent fruit flavours and mouth feel. While this wine is drinking very well now, it will benefit from medium to long term cellaring (6-10 years).

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