2017 Geoff Merrill G&W Cabernet Sauvignon 12 Pack

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Ray Jordan - Winepilot

Here’s a blend of Cabernet from these two excellent regions that certainly shows the benefit of holding the wine back. It’s just starting to move into its ideal drinking zone. The Cabernet was matured in a mix of American and French oak, which sits harmoniously within the plush, velvety smooth palate. That Coonawarra component is certainly giving it the linear line, while McLaren Vale fruit fills out the middle. It’s loaded with typical plummy blackcurrant, a little black olive tapenade and a floral lift of African violet. It’s seamless and smooth, perfectly integrated, and drinking quite wonderfully now.

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Ken Gargett - Winepilot

This wine is a blend of fruit from Coonawarra and McLaren Vale. The “G” is for the Graymoor Vineyard in the Coonawarra and “W” for Wickham Park in McLaren Vale. The division of fruit is 55% in favour of Coonawarra, the remainder from McLaren Vale. The wine spent twenty months in a mix of American and French oak hogsheads, 20% of which was new. Amazing value when one considers that this wine has almost a decade under its belt already. Dark red/maroon in colour, the nose has earthy notes with tobacco leaves, florals, chocolate, smoked meats and root vegetables, and there is even a little oak still evident. Juicy in style with good focus and still some appealing energy, there is a lingering finish on a wine of medium to good length. It should still drink beautifully for the next six to ten years.